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.
Thirteen new Maryknoll missioners begin their overseas missions When Verónica Arriagada and her husband José Luís Aguilar told their four adult children of their plans to become Maryknoll lay missioners serving overseas, the response was disbelief. “Our children thought we were a little crazy,”...
Maryknoll lay missioner learns sign language as he runs a mobile library in El Salvador Returning from home leave in the States to the community of La Esperanza in El Salvador, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner, I began visiting the 35 families who use our mobile library. One book...
Church’s openness to listen to young people signals they are considered a priority When Pope Francis goes to Panama to celebrate the 34th World Youth Day in January, thousands of young Catholics will be there to praise God with him. This year, the international gathering takes place as the...
Participants in the V National Encuentro ask to be recognized as Church leaders || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Giovana Soria[/googlefont] The V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry not only revived Lily Morales’ faith but empowered her to fight for her dreams and...
College professor shares his views on the Catholic Church and today's young people The present moment is a critical time for young adult Catholics, as we have seen with the Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment. I study Catholic student movements, but I also have a...
Maryknoll Sisters evolve as a multicultural community and microcosm for the world Long before Pope Francis emphasized that we are all sisters and brothers living on the earth, our common home, the Maryknoll Sisters recognized diversity as enriching the human family. In 1914 when Elsie St. Clair...
Educating young people from the traditional Watatulu tribe presents challenges for Maryknoll priest in rural East Africa Yuyu, a tall young woman wearing the traditional dress of the Watatulu people of Tanzania and cradling an infant in her arms, had dreams. A few years ago, Yuyu was living...
Chab Dai Coalition in Cambodia brings groups together to end human trafficking Lita carefully traces daisies on the cake she is preparing for her client in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is grateful for the work she has and the skill she has gained as a pastry chef. But her life has not been one of all...
Maryknoll ministry for Catholic singles encourages fellowship—and Catholic marriages Jerry Chen, a young Catholic living in Taipei, says finding Catholic friends in Taiwan is hard because Catholics comprise less than 1.5 percent of his country’s population. Finding a Catholic significant other is...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
During a short trip to Marseille, France, the pontiff urges people to aid humanitarian efforts to ensure the safety of migrants and refugees.
A Maryknoll priest reflects on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard and relates its teachings to his ministry to the sick and dying in El Salvador.
During National Migration Week, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, highlights the need to “address the coercive forces driving people to migrate.”
Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, says that the Synod can help make local churches more effective in spreading the Gospel.
Numerous Catholic groups were among the estimated 75,000 people who marched to protest fossil fuels before the start of U.N. climate meetings.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on love in the Gospel and relates her journey of sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous and faith in a Higher Power.
As the death toll rises, due to massive flooding in Libya, Church and world leaders express sorrow and organize humanitarian aid.
After Morocco was devastated by an earthquake on Sept. 8, Church and world leaders offer prayers, condolences and humanitarian assistance.
Deacon Paul Carris of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, says the terrorist attacks both challenged his faith and changed his life.
A Maryknoll lay missioner in El Salvador reflects on confronting sin and repairing relationships with our brothers and sisters.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, a new Orbis book highlights the courage of religious who helped the dictatorship’s victims.
Argentinian “slum priests” celebrate Mass after a presidential candidate insulted Pope Francis in loaded political climate.
In his first ever visit to Mongolia, Pope Francis makes mention of the Vatican’s developing relations with other Asian countries.
A Maryknoll sister shares two examples of missioners working to empower girls and people at risk of human trafficking.
Christmas calls us to celebrate God at work in everyday events of human life A young woman, Mary,...
Ugandan man accompanies Maryknoll Father John Barth to serve South Sudanese refugees who have fled civil war My name is Richard Robert...
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.
In Venezuela, I lived in barrio Nueva Tacagua. One of my neighbors was an elderly woman named America Lopez, who lived in a one-room shack with her daughter and three grandchildren. People called America La Loca, “the crazy one,” because she often acted out of touch...
Maryknoll missioners urge people of faith to ask if the new trade agreement will improve life for all From Cambodia to El Salvador, Bangladesh to Tanzania, Maryknoll missioners accompany people and...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts REMEMBERING ROMERO Let us thank Octavio Duran, OFM, for his wonderful article in the September/October 2018 issue of Maryknoll on Saint Oscar...
