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.
A Maryknoll deacon partner takes ministry to the streets in Washington state You could say I’m geographically disabled,” says Athena, a 40-something African-American with blonde hair. “That means I’m homeless. I have been sleeping outside for about six years. There was a bad incident, which kind...
A Maryknoll sister helps families go from shaky shacks to solid houses Before the crack of dawn, Maryknoll Sister Nena Heramil laces up her blue sneakers and heads to the city’s train station. Her journey involves five transfers, including a train and three buses to the outskirts of Panama City,...
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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Maryknoll Father James Kroeger recounts a mission experience in the Philippines in the context of World Mission Sunday.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna travels to Russia in efforts to restore peace and recover more than 19,000 deported Ukrainian children.
Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, says the choice of Nihon Hidankyo for a Nobel award serves as a reminder of the perils of nuclear war.
On the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s opening, Pope Francis pauses the Synod of Bishops to pray for ecumenism with leaders of other faiths.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who serves the largest expatriate Haitian community in the United States, says Haiti has yet to ‘touch bottom.’
Maryknoll Father Joseph Fedora, who serves in Peru, reflects on Jesus’ invitation to the rich young man — and the eye of a needle — in this Sunday’s Gospel.
Lebanese religious leaders and international aid workers decry Israeli attacks that have plunged the population into a humanitarian crisis.
Pope Francis says the Holy Spirit ensures “the unity of the Church” by showing that differences can remain as long as we are united in faith.
Pope Francis is to set to raise his record for most cardinals who would be eligible to enter a conclave to elect a pope.
‘I am with you,’ wrote Pope Francis to the people of the Middle East, in a letter shared Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war.
Maryknoll Sister Rebecca Nyaki reflects on the Sunday Mass readings and the role of justice in mission and in the Scriptures.
Maryknoll Father Douglas May relates how the communities he serves in Asheville have been affected by Hurricane Helene.
Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe and other spiritual advisers lead Synod members in prayer and reflection before the assembly’s opening.
A U.S. and a Burmese cardinal address nonviolence and just war theory at the opening of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence in Rome.
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...
