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.
Los Angeles Church community reaches out to homeless Jose Lopez was 7 years old when he came from Mexico to Los Angeles, Calif., with his family. He went to school and to Mass on Sundays with his mom. But everything changed when he turned 14 and got involved with gangs. “There were a lot of...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: For homeless children and youth, streets are a dangerous abode Queen’s fortunes changed literally from one day to the next, leaving her with no place to lay her head. For Isabella, homelessness unfolded over time, a train wreck in slow motion. Isabella was 7 when her...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: In a remote Andean town, a Maryknoll lay missioner helps his indigenous students build their future By Giovana Soria and Meinrad Scherer-Emunds Last February, when teachers at Colegio San Juan Bosco divided coaching responsibilities for the different sports teams, no one wanted...
A Maryknoll priest in multicultural parishes accompanies immigrants in Japan as both pastor and immigrant || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By David R. Aquije, photos by Peter Saunders [/googlefont] The afternoon begins to wind down on this first Friday of June at the Infant...
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,...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Faith stands against violence, says a Maryknoll priest in this Scripture reflection as he recounts his life as a missioner.
A multicultural and multireligious coalition seeks to protect Oak Flat, a sacred Apache site in Arizona that is under threat from a copper company.
The Bolivian bishops issue a statement calling for “a prompt response” to the ecological crisis caused by wildfires.
During his trip to East Timor, also called Timor-Leste, Pope Francis gives a spirited message during a Mass attended by half the population.
During his visit to Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis hears from local people and encourages the promotion of Gospel values.
A world in conflict should not be met with hopelessness, but with active, healing faith, says a Maryknoll sister in this week’s reflection.
In the first stop in Indonesia for his Asia tour, Pope Francis tells leaders to fight prejudice and extremism with tolerance and dialogue
This reflection from the late Sister Madeline Dorsey poignantly retells the love and faith she encountered amid the suffering of El Salvador.
The earth is entrusted to our care, yet still belong to God, the pope says in a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
The Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, founded by the U.S. Presentation Sisters, attracts Indigenous women to join a thriving congregation.
A group of Catholic medical students was kidnapped for ransom in Nigeria, in latest attack against Christians in the West African nation.
Thirty percent of parishes nationwide offer Sunday Masses in Spanish, and 3,000 more provide at least some Hispanic pastoral ministry.
We should choose and decide with the grace that God had when he chose to love us, says a Maryknoll priest in the reflection for this week.
Christians make up nearly half of the estimated 280 million migrants worldwide, a new study by the Pew Research Center finds.
Priest reflects on how living saints inspire us to be saints and angels for one another || 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...
