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.
Partner organizations Solidarity Bridge and Puente de Solidaridad bring medical help to the neediest Bolivians For Ariane Castro of Cochabamba, Bolivia, being the mother of two babies is the greatest gift, but the journey of this family did not start off smoothly. When her daughter Valeria...
Two Maryknoll sisters empower and feel empowered helping women victims of domestic violence in Japan By David R. Aquije When police responded to an emergency at Darna’s house, the Filipino immigrant was black and blue from a beating by her Japanese husband, says Maryknoll Sister Margaret Lacson,...
Maryknoll Mission Institute celebrates its golden jubilee It was the weekend of Pentecost and the joy of the Holy Spirit seemed to fill the air last June at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. There, people from all over the world were gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Five new Maryknollers sent to overseas mission Accompanied by drums and the joyous singing of a Swahili song, five new Maryknoll missioners danced their way out of the Maryknoll Sisters’ Annunciation Chapel. As Kenyan and Tanzanian seminarians and sisters led the drumming, the ululating and the...
A senior priest is committed to forming missionary disciples of Jesus Christ When Maryknoll Father Thomas Henehan visited his old neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, 15 years after leaving the country, he heard “Vecino Tomás!” He could not help but smile. “In Chile, the title of vecino (neighbor) is...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Vatican releases apostolic exhortation 'Querida Amazonia' (Beloved Amazonia in English). By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: As world remembers the U.S.-born missioner, landless defenders in the Amazon region of Brazil are still threatened. By Lise Alves, Catholic News Service SAO PAULO (CNS) -- Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang's assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: A Vatican conference discussed the gifts elderly Catholics bring to the church, as well as their special needs. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Old age "is not a disease, it's a privilege," and Catholic dioceses and parishes miss a huge and growing resource if they ignore their senior...
A Maryknoll priest and volunteers work with the Asmat indigenous people in Indonesia Story and photos by Joshua Ever since his arrival 40 years ago among the Asmat people of West Papua, Indonesia, Maryknoll Father Vincent Cole has had a clear mission to these indigenous people. “My job as a...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
As Consolata Father Josiah K’Okal is remembered for his legacy of service to the Warao people, human rights groups demand an investigation into his death.
The Islamic State claims responsibility for an assault during a Mass in Istanbul that killed one churchgoer and injured others.
A deacon and leader of Maryknoll’s Mission Formation Program, which runs immersion programs, reflects on the Sunday Mass readings.
After urgent calls from religious leaders including Pope Francis and the president of the Latin America and Caribbean bishops’ conference, six Sisters of St. Anne have been freed.
A letter sponsored by the organization Pax Christi as part of their Bread not Stones campaign, endorsed by 18 bishops, calls for cuts to military spending and more resources for human services.
Central American and other migrants en route to the U.S.-Mexico border are routinely held for ransom as criminal gangs engage in kidnappings.
Members of the Congregation of Saint Anne were kidnapped by criminal gangs in a sign of the country’s furthering spiral into violence.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on the call of prophets old and new to change our ways and respond to those who are suffering.
The drownings of three migrants in the Rio Grande has deepened a jurisdictional dispute between the U.S. federal and Texas state governments.
Catholics in Gaza gives “a strong testimony of faith,” praying, helping each other and “keeping their hearts free from hatred.” priest says.
After 500 days in detention, Bishops Rolando Álvarez was released and sent to Rome along with another bishop and 17 priests and seminarians.
Maryknoll Sister Arlene Trant reflects on the upcoming Sunday Mass readings and how her own calling led her to respond, ‘Here I am.”
After the violent takeover of a media outlet and riots in prisons, Ecuador’s bishops issue a plea for peace, calm and order.
Catholic warn that Syrians are on the brink of starvation as the United Nations World Food Program plans to cut off its assistance.
Maryknoll priest reflects on humanity's quest for something bigger, more powerful than ourselves...
A young woman's immersion trip to Bolivia connects her with nature and her grandmother The monarch butterfly has always captured my...
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.
I walked the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday with prisoners at one of the men’s prisons in Lima, Peru, where I work. In the procession the prisoners carried a heavy cross on their shoulders as they walked slowly in silence. As I walked along with them, under the...
Growing inequality in many countries is leading to protests around the world Last year, a wave of protests spread across the world—from Latin America to the Middle East to Asia. Underlying many of...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts Editor’s note: This issue’s Readers’ Responses column is devoted to reactions to a letter in our November/December 2019 issue criticizing...
