Maryknoll Lay Missioner John O’Donoghue accompanies sick and disabled people at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity home in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Lay Missioner is Lifting Spirits Restoring Life in Bolivia
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Maryknoll Magazine Summer 2026
We begin this issue of Maryknoll magazine with a prayer for peace around the world, especially the Middle East. We include a joint statement from the joint Maryknoll leadership of priests, brothers, sisters and lay people calling for the cessation of the Iran conflict.
Our coverage features stories about missioners serving in Asia, Africa and Latin America and accompanying immigrants here at home. This issue includes the prayer of consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We also profile Maryknoll Seminarian Victor Mutobera in light of his upcoming ordination.
FEATURED STORIES
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.
Seeking Sustainability in East Africa
Maryknoll Father Hung M. Dinh works to build up and sustain a sprawling rural parish in Tanzania with a network of catechists.
New Maryknoll Priest Is Ordained Despite COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic could postpone but not stop the vocational call to the priesthood for the newest member of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Father Gregory McPhee.
Finding True Christmas—and a Vocation
Maryknoll Brother Martin Shea documents with photos and poetry the flight and return of Guatemalan refugees and in the process he finds true Christmas.
Displaced by war in South Sudan
Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano describes what life is like for internally displaced persons in a U.N. camp in South Sudan.
‘Our people have already canonized them’
Forty years after the brutal killings of four U.S. churchwomen, a city in El Salvador claims Maryknoll sisters as its own martyrs.
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes: A Listener and Healer
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes earns his living as a handyman. But by vocation, he is a listener and healer in the La Esperanza community in El Salvador.
In Memoriam 2020
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year.Father John F. AhearnSister Cheryl AllamFather Robert F. AstorinoBrother Luke R. BaldwinSister Lorraine BeinkafnerSister Joan BerningerSister Camille Marie BlackFather J. Ernest BrunelleSister Frances CalcaterraSister Anne...
Beating the Odds with an Immigration Case
A lay missioner’s legal advocacy—with the prayers and support of many—changes Elizabeth’s life forever.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
The Call to Mission: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Sister Susan Rech, who serves in Tanzania, reflects on the call to mission and Sunday’s Mass readings.
War-weary Ukrainians Hope for Peace as Third Anniversary of Invasion Nears, Bishop Says
Church leaders speak out against Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine over the weekend that took lives and damaged the historic city of Odesa.
A Child’s Life Is Never Worth Sacrificing, Pope Tells World Leaders
“A childhood denied is a silent scream,” Pope Francis said at a Feb. 3 summit at the Vatican, decrying dire situations as “the new normal.”
Available for Service and Mission: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Father James Kroeger reflects on the Presentation of the Lord and the call to be available for service and mission.
Pope: Hope for the Marginalized Is Key to Peace
Though dialogue and diplomacy, Pope Francis says to conference attendees in Havana, countries build societies rooted in solidarity with the marginalized.
Latin American Church Leaders Decry Deportations
As deportations to Latin America increase, church and national leaders speak out about remittances, treatment of migrants and tariffs.
Congolese Bishop Deplores Escalation of Violence
An emergency summit of the East African Community will meet Jan. 29 to address the violence led by Tutsi rebels in Goma, Congo.
A Story Worth Retelling for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mother Matylda Getter, Warsaw superior of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Holocaust.
Spirit-Filled Bodies: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Missioner Kyle Johnson, who serves in Tanzania, reflects on the Sunday Mass readings and the Spirit that enlivens the body.
Catholic Leaders Condemn Trump’s Cancellation of Refugee Program
The president of the US Catholic bishops conference and the head of its Migration Committee decry the order halting the U.S. refugee program.
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Challenged
An executive order to rescind birthright citizenship, signed on President Donald Trump’s first day in office, is immediately challenged.
To See as God Sees: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Sister Arlene Trant reflects on her ministry with deaf and disabled people in Macau in the context of the Sunday Mass readings.
Cuba to Release 553 Prisoners for Jubilee
The Cuban government pledges to release 553 prisoners in honor of the 2025 Jubilee Year declared by Pope Francis.
Kidnapped Nigerian Religious Sisters Are Released
The two Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ of Onitsha were held by captors for almost a week, their congregation says.
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
St. Joseph: Patron of Dreamers and Discerners
St. Joseph emerges in the Gospels as a man beset by problems, uncertainties and dangers, who, like us, had to live by faith.
Prayer for Vocations
MISSIONER TALES
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.
Missioner Tales, Winter 2021
I first met Jose when he participated in my first Theater of the Oppressed group in a parish on the periphery of João Pessoa, Brazil, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner. Jose (not his real name) was probably 20 years old and very active in the parish. He had...
ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT
World Watch
Vatican COVID-19 Commission Examines Pastoral and Social Challenges of Pandemic
Pope Francis asks Vatican COVID-19 Commission to focus on four social issue areas: security, economics, ecology and health.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Winter 2021
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Winter 2021.
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