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: A young Hispanic lay leader in California offers her work and life to the service of the Church Brenda Noriega considers herself doubly blessed. She got to meet with Pope Francis—twice! The first time was at a private lunch at World Youth Day in Panama. The second was at...
Our theme “Courageous Missionaries” references Pope Francis’ letter Christ Alive in which he challenges young people to “Learn to swim against the tide, learn how to share Jesus and the faith he has given you.” Students were asked to write an essay explaining how and with whom they share the Good...
In this time of pandemic from the Covid-19 virus, we join Pope Francis and the U.S. bishops in praying for the intercession of Mary, Our Blessed Mother, on behalf of all those around the world suffering from this pestilence. We pray for the thousands who have already died and the hundreds of...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Observers say "Querida Amazonia" exhortation shows powerful words of understanding and solidarity. LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- Saying the world has much to learn from Amazonian indigenous peoples, Pope Francis declared the Catholic Church their ally in their struggle to protect the...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Walking the Stations of the Cross in Santa Leonor and La Esperanza In front of her home, Iris, a single mother of two teenagers, assembles a small altar. On it, she places an image of Jesus with his hands tied, a lit candle and bouquets of deep purple bougainvilleas. We are at...
Mission in Chicago means taking up the ministryof Jesus Christ in a variety of waysWhen asked what Scripture passage most inspires him as leader of the Chicago Archdiocese, Cardinal Blase Cupich responds immediately: The Sermon on the Mount. “Jesus looks over the crowd and says, ‘Blessed are you…’...
Catholic Hispanic young adults mentor youth on the South Side of Chicago On a Friday night, a basement on the South Side of Chicago fills up with a dozen teenagers. As people start to pray the rosary in front of a makeshift shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the teens playing soccer outside come...
Partner organizations Solidarity Bridge and Puente de Solidaridad bring medical help to the neediest Bolivians For Ariane Castro of Cochabamba, Bolivia, being the mother of two babies is the greatest gift, but the journey of this family did not start off smoothly. When her daughter Valeria...
Two Maryknoll sisters empower and feel empowered helping women victims of domestic violence in Japan By David R. Aquije When police responded to an emergency at Darna’s house, the Filipino immigrant was black and blue from a beating by her Japanese husband, says Maryknoll Sister Margaret Lacson,...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Pope Francis’ message for the 2025 World Day of Migrants and Refugees says newcomers “daily bear witness to their hope for the future.”
Maryknoll Sister Janet Hockman reflects on the upcoming Sunday Mass readings and metaphors of winnowing, pruning and molding pottery.
As migrants are deported from the United States, bishops in Mexico and Central America pledge to protect them, especially asylum seekers.
Eyewitnesses to the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win recount the priest’s response when ordered by his killers to kneel.
After 70 civilians were massacred in a Protestant church, Catholic leaders in the Congo condemn a pattern of violence against Christians.
The Vatican secretary of state will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. (3 p.m. EST) in St. Peter’s Square.
Maryknoll Father Michael Snyder, who served in Tanzania, reflects on a Biblical story about King David in the context of his mission experience.
Halting funds for resettlement is “unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees,” Catholic bishops state in a complaint filed Feb. 18.
Pope Francis, diagnosed yesterday with double pneumonia, rests at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital while people around the world pray for his health.
Catholic priest Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win was murdered on Feb. 14 in Myanmar, where Christians are targeted by the military junta.
The communications manager for Maryknoll Lay Missioners reflects on the Sunday Mass readings and poverty in her home state of Michigan.
Religious leaders and UNICEF officials cry out for international support as they testify to atrocities committed against children in Haiti.
Pope Francis issues a letter to the U.S. bishops and to the Catholic Church in the United States in general, calling for solidarity.
Carolyn Woo, who served as CEO for Catholic Relief Services, warns that millions of lives around the world will be endangered by the closing.
Maryknoll priest reflects on humanity's quest for something bigger, more powerful than ourselves...
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 part of a pastoral team that had the responsibility for the parish of Capinota, Bolivia, which consisted of about 30 villages, many of which were nestled in the thinning air of the Andes Mountains. One day to guide us to the isolated village of Calacaja, the...
Catholic leaders object to government turning blind eye to people fleeing war, persecution and targeted violence || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Kathleen Kollman...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts SAINT AND HERO I take issue with the response in the November/December Maryknoll magazine criticizing the late Maryknoll Father Vincent...
