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.
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw the emergence of key synod themes in its first week, including support for the ordination of married indigenous men, pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of violence against the...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Amazon Synod Looks at Indigenous 'Theology of Creation' By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but -- tapping into his Jesuit roots -- urging respect for a worldview that sees God in all things. The pope Oct....
Missioner highlights the ways the Maryknoll Society shares God’s love and hope around the world By Daniel S. Kim, M.M. Pope Francis has designated October 2019 as the Extraordinary Month of Mission (EMM), a time for the Church to revive our missionary awareness and commitment. Like all missioners,...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Synod of bishops in October will discuss challenges facing the Church in the Amazon region || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Barbara Fraser [/googlefont] The first thing that struck Teresa Glass when she moved to Riberalta, deep in Bolivia’s Amazonian...
Maryknoll Sisters and Panamanian people work to preserve Darién rainforest To visit the rainforest of Darién, Panama, is to see Pope Francis’ words on care for creation come to life. There, Maryknoll Sisters Jocelyn “Joji” Fenix and Melinda Roper, Panamanian lay missioner Clara Meza and a team of...
Maryknoll lay missioner works with Solidarity Teacher Training College in South Sudan || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Meinrad Scherer-Emunds[/googlefont] Gabe Hurrish has served with the Maryknoll Lay Missioners in the war-torn East African nation of South Sudan for less...
Cause for Sainthood for Maryknoll cofounder Father Thomas F. Price advances to Rome One hundred years ago, in a hospital in Hong Kong, Maryknoll Father Thomas Frederick Price went to his final reward. He had journeyed to China only a year earlier with three young priests to begin...
Maryknoll affiliate provides medical care to children with disabilities at home and overseas In a bright examination room with a smiling orange octopus painted on the wall, a boy named Omarlin, who suffers from cerebral palsy, bangs violently against the back of his wheelchair. Dr. Ann Carr...
Hispanic Catholics already taking action steps inspired by the V National Encuentro || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Silvio Cuéllar [/googlefont] The fruits of the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry, a multiyear process of pastoral discernment that led to a...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
A Maryknoll sister serving the elderly in Panama reflects on the Mass readings for this upcoming Sunday, World Mission Sunday, and the Synod on Synodality.
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Angel Mortel, who served in Brazil, will be honored for her ministry on Sunday, Oct. 22, in Los Angeles.
The rocket attack at a Gaza hospital caused the deaths of hundreds of civilians, some who were seeking shelter.
On World Food Day, held on Oct. 16 and sponsored by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Pope Francis called for water to be protected and shared among the world’s people.
Pope Francis has called upon the global community to fast and pray for peace in the Middle East tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Reflecting on the upcoming Mass readings and the Synod on Synodality taking place in Rome, a Maryknoll priest with decades of experience in Africa echoes Pope Francis’ saying, “The Church is for everyone.”
Delegates in Rome at the Synod on Synodality opened the session this morning with a prayer for peace led by Catholic leaders from countries in conflict, including Israel and Palestine.
Pope Francis expressed sorrow for the terrorist acts of Hamas and called for the release of Israeli hostages, while at the same time stating concern for the residents of Gaza.
Church leaders initiate a nationwide pastoral program to serve Brazil’s 60 million people living in slums.
Costa Rica’s federal government declares a state of emergency as tensions rise due to unprecedented numbers of migrants transiting through the Central American country.
A Maryknoll affiliate considers on what it means to repair the world in the Kingdom of God as she reflects on the Sunday Mass readings.
In a follow up to his 2015 encyclical, Pope Francis today released Laudate Deum, an exhortation that addresses the worsening of climate change.
Participants serving as delegates at the Synod on Synodality, being held in Rome from Oct. 4-29, discuss their hopes and expectations.
Maryknoll Sister Darlene Jacobs, who worked over 30 years in Tanzania, reflects on mercy and justice in Sunday’s Mass readings.
Priest reflects on Jesus visiting the home of his good friends, Mary and Martha, in Bethany ||...
Maryknoll brother shares story of catechist who helped his people escape violence || By John Beeching, M.M., photos by Yohan Tingrenan La...
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.
As I usually do three times a week, I jumped on the number 800 bus to go to the local seminary here in China. Oddly enough, in this city of some 4 million people, the bus had a lot of open seats that day. I sat down on one of them. All of a sudden, I felt wet. I...
Activists and ordinary people on US-Mexico border put nonviolence into action in response to migration crisis. || By Susan Gunn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the power of nonviolent...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts SACRED MEMORIES In your May/June 2019 MARYKNOLL magazine, an article entitled “You are the now of God” begins with a photo of a blonde girl...
