This Summer 2025 issue of Maryknoll magazine is dedicated to our beloved Pope Francis. Our cover story pays tribute to the pope from Argentina who was a sign of hope and inspiration for the Maryknoll family, the Catholic Church and the world.
While our print magazine went to press before the conclave, our web pages reflect the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first from the United States. The summer issue also includes a statement from Maryknoll’s superior general, addressing current challenges faced by our country.
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 people in rural Chile ask that Maryknoll Father Joseph Cappel be canonized The main square of the Curepto municipality, a rural town of about 10,000 people some 190 miles south of Santiago, Chile, has a monument of Maryknoll Father Joseph Cappel riding a bicycle. It was installed in...
Father Murray, a veteran missioner, reflects on a life of service Maryknoll Father Eugene Murray sums up the essence of his 62 years of missionary priesthood in two simple phrases: being kind to people and relying on God’s grace. “I enjoy my mission life. I love the sacramental part of saying...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: A young Hispanic lay leader in California offers her work and life to the service of the Church Brenda Noriega considers herself doubly blessed. She got to meet with Pope Francis—twice! The first time was at a private lunch at World Youth Day in Panama. The second was at...
Our theme “Courageous Missionaries” references Pope Francis’ letter Christ Alive in which he challenges young people to “Learn to swim against the tide, learn how to share Jesus and the faith he has given you.” Students were asked to write an essay explaining how and with whom they share the Good...
In this time of pandemic from the Covid-19 virus, we join Pope Francis and the U.S. bishops in praying for the intercession of Mary, Our Blessed Mother, on behalf of all those around the world suffering from this pestilence. We pray for the thousands who have already died and the hundreds of...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Observers say "Querida Amazonia" exhortation shows powerful words of understanding and solidarity. LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- Saying the world has much to learn from Amazonian indigenous peoples, Pope Francis declared the Catholic Church their ally in their struggle to protect the...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Walking the Stations of the Cross in Santa Leonor and La Esperanza In front of her home, Iris, a single mother of two teenagers, assembles a small altar. On it, she places an image of Jesus with his hands tied, a lit candle and bouquets of deep purple bougainvilleas. We are at...
Mission in Chicago means taking up the ministryof Jesus Christ in a variety of waysWhen asked what Scripture passage most inspires him as leader of the Chicago Archdiocese, Cardinal Blase Cupich responds immediately: The Sermon on the Mount. “Jesus looks over the crowd and says, ‘Blessed are you…’...
Catholic Hispanic young adults mentor youth on the South Side of Chicago On a Friday night, a basement on the South Side of Chicago fills up with a dozen teenagers. As people start to pray the rosary in front of a makeshift shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the teens playing soccer outside come...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Retired Archbishop Isichenko of Ukraine speaks out on Russian invasion during a visit to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey, who worked with Small Christian Communities in Africa, says they can help revive the Church in the U.S.
By Helen Graham, M.M. First Sunday of Lent Sunday, February 18, 2024Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7 | Rom 5:12-19...
Nigerian Mass attendance is one of the highest in the world in a country where thousands of Christians have been targeted and killed in recent years.
As Catholics everywhere receive ashes and Lent begins, a returned Maryknoll lay mission reflects on the Mass readings.
Lent is a time to free oneself from slavery and help free others from the multiple forms of slavery in the world today, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis celebrates the canonization of Saint María Antonia de Paz Figueroa in a Mass attended by Argentine President Javier Miliei.
Maryknoll Father Frank Breen reflects on the passage of Jesus and the leper as a model for the Church community to be more inclusive.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of 23-year-old Hersh who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, shares the faith in humanity that is carrying her family through the ordeal.
The bishop links human trafficking to issues in victims’ countries of origin as the day of prayer against trafficking, Feb. 8, approaches.
In Belarus, Catholic priests and church leaders who speak out against the government are harassed and arrested.
Maryknoll Sister Lil Mattingly reflects on how Jesus’ healing ministry continues today as migrants and refugees are cared for at the border.
Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a Palestinian, says true peace will take at least a generation.
Advocates say that listening to the poor means more than ‘doing for the poor’ and can comprise a first step in becoming a more synodal Church.
Just before starting Mass for the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (a.k.a. New Year’s Day), I gave...
Rusty, a rescue dog, joins his owner, Terry Brown, in visiting the sick and dying Terry Brown says...
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.
Teaching in the altiplano of Peru (at 13,000 feet above sea level) many years ago, I found myself in a unique situation. The school, which was just for girls, was a one-room building made of adobe with a corrugated tin roof. There were about six rows of worn...
In his new exhortation, Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis describes his "great dreams" for the Amazon region In February, Pope Francis released Querida Amazonia, or “Beloved Amazonia,” his...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts ALL CONNECTED Father Joseph R. Veneroso’s meditation on All Saints and All Souls in the November/December 2019 issue of Maryknoll is an...
