Focused on Maryknoll missioners around the world working in solidarity among the poor and marginalized. Articles include issues of importance to people the missioners serve and to the Catholic Church.
The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers‘ General Chapter, which convenes every six years, recently established future goals and priorities and selected new leadership for the missionary society.
rom their places of mission across the world, 82 Maryknoll Sister delegates came together recently at their 18th General Assembly to ask this question: “Where is the Holy Spirit leading us?” The sisters chose as their new leadership team Sisters Teresa Rose Hougnon, Genie C....
Meet the new General Council of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers: Fathers Lance Nadeau, James Lynch, Lam Hua and Timothy Kilkelly.
September 12, 1921: the first six Maryknoll sisters set out for mission in China. Their departure was both joyful and sobering, as they bid farewell to families and homeland for life.
Candidates to priesthood and brotherhood share in the Maryknoll spirit during vocational formation aryknoll seminarian John Siyumbu was asked to visit an elderly woman in Chicago and pray with her family. Responding to his call to serve and accompany God’s people, he...
Father Joseph Thaler reflects on his lifelong mission to serve as a Maryknoll priest alongside the most vulnerable people of Nepal.
Serving in São Paulo, Brazil, Margarita Durán has found that building new relationships and friendships is the most rewarding part of being a lay missioner.
Volunteering in a goat project in Tanzania called Hope on Hooves, a Maryknoll affiliate from Seattle discovers mission is from everywhere to everywhere. never thought it would be possible to do mission in Tanzania from my living room in the state of Washington. But a goat...
New solar canopy project aligns with the Maryknoll Society’s goal to combat environmental destruction and care for God’s creation.
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
A Maryknoll sister who served in Tanzania reflects on Jesus’ enjoinder on his followers in St. John’s Gospel to “be one.”
Catholic advocates denounce the US government for deporting immigrants to East Africa, violating a court order and human rights principles.
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Apache leaders to save Oak Flat, a sacred site threatened by a mega-mining project.
CRS warns that cuts to U.S. food aid programs will impact over 780,000 children in 11 countries, leaving many without their only daily meal.
A Maryknoll seminarian reflects on Sunday’s Gospel reading, peace and belonging in the context of his ministry to homeless people in Taiwan.
On the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’, Catholic leaders affirm that time is running out to respond to Pope Francis’ call on climate action.
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Gaza, makes an urgent plea for humanitarian aid, and inspires thousands with a message of hope.
Wars and climate disasters displaced a record 83.4 million people in 2024, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement.
At the inaugural Mass celebrated on May 18, Pope Leo XIV began his papacy with a call for unity, healing, and service in a wounded world.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Josh Sisolak, who serves in Bolivia, reflects on the Kingdom of Heaven and the upcoming Sunday Mass readings.
As immigration raids hit Hispanic parishes, Nashville Diocese says Catholics fearing detention aren’t required to attend Sunday Mass.”
With artificial intelligence threatening jobs, Cardinal Michael Czerny says Leo XIV will renew Catholic social teaching on labor.
Sacramental records reveal that Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has Creole and Black roots from New Orleans on his mother’s side.
“Pope Leo XIV, former Bishop of Chiclayo, is remembered as a firm and committed pastor in times of crisis.”
hat image comes to mind when you hear the word “missionary”? A knock at the...
Vignettes from the lands of mission, told by Maryknoll missioners and volunteers. These popular little stories are sometimes funny, often moving and generally inspiring encounters with people on the margins.
St. Justin Centre for Children with Disabilities is a place here in Musoma, Tanzania, where you see kids struggling to walk, to communicate, or to do a simple drawing, but they welcome you with great love. Eighty kids live here with the loving support of the...
The United Nations has named 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor, which involves an estimated 152 million children worldwide.
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Summer 2021.
