In our Spring 2025 issue, we visit the jungles of Guatemala, where Maryknoll priests have built a dozen chapels, and Hong Kong, where a school founded by the Maryknoll Sisters celebrates its centenary. Of note, too, in this issue is our tribute to the late Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, an Orbis Books author who is considered the father of liberation theology.
This Lenten season, join us in prayer with Maryknoll missioners who live and work in a spirit of hope.
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.
Shelter in Cochabamba empowers girls and adolescents who were victims of abuse || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Giovana Soria [/googlefont] With a shy smile, Cecilia, 16, says she would like to be a petroleum engineer when she grows up. The Bolivian girl has good grades at...
Young shepherds in Bolivia teach the message of Christmas and the meaning of mission || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Maggie Fogarty [/googlefont] My husband and I and our two young children had been living in Amachuma, Bolivia, for about two years when I had an experience...
Maryknoll lay missioner’s ministry in Tanzania empowers people living with HIV/AIDS || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Meinrad Scherer-Emunds, photos by Jerry Fleury [/googlefont] On a Wednesday morning, some 40 people crowd into the meeting room of Uzima Centre in the Ilemela...
Maryknoll sister works to provide childhood education with a gentle and compassionate touch || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Lynn F, Monahan [/googlefont] When 6-year-old Agness came with her mother to enroll in kindergarten at Mercy Montessori School in Mwanza, Tanzania,...
Missioner and indigenous preserve the faith in Puno By Maria-Pia Negro Chin, photos by Nile Sprague Before the All Saints’ Day Mass in the highland village of Jayllihuaya, Peru, parishioners at St. James Church approach the altar with offerings such as photos, cloth funerary wreaths, fresh flowers...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Young Hispanic man in Rhode Island finds God’s love and commits to serve || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Giovana Soria, photos by Germán Cruz [/googlefont] When Germán Cruz was 17 years old, he discovered that his mother was suffering from domestic...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Historic synod looks at ministry, mission, ecology and indigenous rights and culture in the Amazon || In October 2019, Pope Francis convened a Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region to address the urgent environmental and social issues affecting that vast region and its...
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year. Sister Elizabeth Burns Father Thomas A. Ahearn Brother Gordon M. Burns Sister Janet Carroll Father John P. Casey Sister Joan Chatfield Sister Maria Colabella Father James P. Colligan Father Robert F. Crohan Sister Maria...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service[/googlefont] The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is a time of reflection, dialogue and listening to the needs and sufferings of indigenous people, Pope Francis said. "The Holy...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Civilians in Myanmar seeking refuge from military attacks, most of whom are Catholic, are assisted at Church-run humanitarian aid centers.
As a gesture of respect for the suffering in Gaza, Christians in Jordan cancel Christmas celebrations this year.
Following the destruction of Hurricane Otis in the Mexican city of Acapulco, Caritas coordinates relief efforts to reach those affected.
Following the Angelus on Aug. 5, Pope Francis says that wars in Ukraine and the Holy Land are destroying children’s futures in those regions.
A Maryknoll Sister contemplates how to truly honor God and the teachings of Jesus in the midst of ongoing global conflict.
As the Maasai continue to resist the violent eviction from their ancestral lands, women religious and religious leaders rush to their aid.
Holiness is a journey we undertake together, guided by Saints and their example, says Pope Francis on the feast of All Saints day
Pope Francis calls for a cease-fire in the Holy Land; his foreign minister speaks with Iran’s foreign minister about not escalating conflict.
The Synod of the Bishops concludes its 2023 session tackling issues of representation, women’s roles and space for minorities in the Church.
A Maryknoll Lay Missioner reflects on Jesus’ commandment about loving our neighbors in the same way God loves us.
Catholic leaders say Small Christian Communities, mainly prevalent in Africa, Asia and Latin America, are a model for the Church everywhere.
Pope Francis remembers the labor of St. Cyril and St. Methodius, missioners who helped Slavs understand the Bible in their own language.
Amid global conflicts, a Catholic organization urges Pope Francis to write an encyclical on nonviolence and just peace.
At a Mass for the Synod of the Bishops, Cardinal Charles Bo from Myanmar addresses the challenges of the Catholic Church in Asia.
Priest reflects on how God was forming him for a life of missionary discipleship I first...
Ish and Maryann Martinez find short-term mission in Bolivia to be a two-way street || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By...
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 was visiting patients at a medical clinic here in Malakal, South Sudan. I noticed one of the patients, a 5-year-old boy, sitting on a bench waiting for the doctor. The boy had come to the clinic with his mother. He had a painful ear infection that needed treatment....
Food security in jeopardy as climate changes. Climate change is affecting food security globally through rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and greater frequency of extreme weather...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts HIGH PRAISE I wanted to tell you how wonderful the article by Maryknoll Father John Cuff in the July/August 2019 issue was. “Evangelizing...
