In this issue of Maryknoll, we examine how cuts to U.S. foreign aid have impacted a major AIDS relief program launched decades ago in Kenya by Maryknoll missioners, while in another article, we visit an AIDS hospice started by Maryknoll sisters that provides care and shelter to patients in Guatemala.
We continue our coverage of immigration with a look at the Church’s clear opposition to mass deportation and the mistreatment of migrants. We meet the latest group of Maryknoll lay missioners, accompany young adults on a pilgrimage to Rome, and share other mission stories from around the world.
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.
A Maryknoll priest helps Small Christian Communities in Kenya get online during pandemic crisis. When the Kenyan government ordered the country into lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus earlier this year, Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey remembered a quote from the movie The Sound of...
On the site of the killing of African-American George Floyd, a white, suburban Minneapolis man vows to combat racism. Late in April 1992, as I made my way home after dark in a West Philadelphia neighborhood, I was set upon by a small group of youths carrying bats and boards. Hours earlier,...
Priest from Malone, N.Y., lives out his call to missionas a Maryknoll priest associate in Bolivia.When Ronald Albarez began his internship in psychology last year, he dealt with cases of domestic violence, sexual abuse and suicide attempts. Feeling discouraged about how much violence and cruelty...
Maryknoll sister advocates for victims of Japan’s triple disaster caused by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear accident. After Japan lifted its state of emergency, due to the coronavirus, on May 31, Maryknoll Sister Kathleen Reiley expressed relief that COVID-19 was settling down in the...
A Maryknoll brother teaches that love and dignity come from God.During his years of teaching English in northern China, Maryknoll Brother Joseph Bruener has found a unique way to share God’s love with his university students. He gives them a class exercise to write an affirmation about each of...
Middle school students learn how to respond as Jesus would to world needs today. After a year of participating in the Missionary Discipleship Institute with her class, a student from St. George Catholic School in Seattle said, “I have loved MDI because we don’t always stay in the classroom to...
A Maryknoll lay missioner from Kansas serves with love in Haiti, making masks for her neighbors during COVID-19 outbreak.Despite rapidly growing numbers of cases of COVID-19 and deaths in Haiti, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner, many people still refuse to believe the virus is here. Yet...
Members of Maryknoll Affiliates chapters work globally and locally to make the world a better place.Pope Francis reminds us we are all called to mission. Being a Maryknoll affiliate has given me a way to answer my call. Maryknoll affiliates are lay people whose lives are centered around four...
We’re all in this together. How often have we heard these words during this time when the COVID-19 virus has been ravaging our world! Indeed, the crisis reminds us just how interconnected we are here at home and around the world. We Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers are more aware than ever of our...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Maryknoll Father John Spain, who serves in El Salvador, reflects on the Solemnity of Christ the King and the legacy of Saint Óscar Romero.
Aid to the Church in Need reports that persecution of Christians has worsened in 60% of the 18 countries being monitored.
Pope Francis, in a book released on Sunday, calls on the international community to discern whether Israel’s war on Gaza shows “characteristics of genocide.”
Representatives of the U.S. bishops’ conference state that the local church will continue its ministry of supporting migrants and immigrants.
Maryknoll Sister Giang Nguyen reflects on the Sunday Mass readings in light of her mission on a peace team helping people find forgiveness.
Lawyer Martha Patricia Molina reports that President Daniel Ortega’s administration systematically blocks clergy’s entry into hospitals.
During his general audience today, Pope Francis said Christians should be like Mary, open to God so the Holy Spirit can work in the world.
A Tennessee couple is chosen for an award that honors returned Maryknoll lay missioners for continued service to mission and justice.
Catholic leaders advocate for the world's vulnerable people at the United Nations conference on...
A reflection by the late Maryknoll Father Wayman Deasy reflects on hospitality in Tanzania and the upcoming Sunday Mass readings.
Economic concerns were the single most pressing factor that tipped the Catholic vote, helping lead President-elect Donald Trump to victory.
After flood caused the deaths of 200 people in Valencia, 15,000 people came to assist with cleanup, including King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
Pope Francis meets with participants of “field hospital” churches, which aim to serve their communities in innovative and compassionate ways.
Maryknoll Father Michael Walsh reflects on Jesus’ response to the question of which is the first of all the commandments in Sunday’s Gospel.
The miracle of Christmas is God didn’t just take on our human nature but transformed our chronological time into God’s fullness of time.
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.
On Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, there was a special ceremony for the blessing of the first child of Emmanuel and his wife Angelina at their modest tent home. Emmanuel is a member of our Church choir at our U.N. camp in Malakal, South Sudan. During the celebration, the choir...
U.N. official accuses various countries of alleged human rights abuses under the guise of coronavirus health restrictions. We are seeing a growing threat to human rights norms around the world...
Letters from our readers about past stories that include the example of women, young adults and Maryknoll missioners. Readers’ responses September 2020.
