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.
Maryknoll sisters and Maryknoll affiliates join in a spiritual ministry as prayer partners for the world || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Margaret Gaughan [/googlefont] Cindy Korb listened intently as Maryknoll Sister Dorothy McGowan talked about life in East Timor, where...
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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
On the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Pope Francis says that the meaning of the apparition story is found at its most basic level.
Advocate for the poor Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango has been warned by Guatemala’s apostolic nuncio that he is at risk of arrest.
On this second Sunday of Advent, a Maryknoll Sister meditates on our “readiness” to welcome the Lord as well as those who need our help.
Advocates call for an immediate start of the Loss and Damage Fund to assist poor countries in mitigating the damage of climate change.
Bishop calls for help for refugees in the Sahel, a belt of 10 countries stretching across Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Pope Francis tells COP28 in video message that religions must set a good example by working together for peace and the climate.
For the first day of Advent, Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina reflects on the causes for migration in the past and in the present.
The Nigeria Women of Faith Peacebuilding Network carries out interreligious dialogue between Muslims and Christians.
A controversial bill to make border crossing illegal on a state level is opposed by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops.
Catholic parishes in the U.S. bring awareness to the inclusion of people with disabilities but recognize there is still room for improvement.
On Nov. 23, Pope Francis urged members of the media to exercise their profession responsibly and courageously, saying they must be ‘like David against Goliath.’
A Maryknoll priest reflects on the acts of compassion for those considered “the least” in this week’s Scripture reflection.
Javier Milei, the controversial economist who called Pope Francis a “filthy leftist,” has been elected president of Argentina.
Climate change causes flooding in East Africa, where Catholics and Church leaders look to the upcoming COP28 meetings for concrete solutions.
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...
