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.
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...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service[/googlefont] The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is a time of reflection, dialogue and listening to the needs and sufferings of indigenous people, Pope Francis said. "The Holy...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw the emergence of key synod themes in its first week, including support for the ordination of married indigenous men, pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of violence against the...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
‘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.
Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso encourages Catholics to keep open our minds and hearts to nonbelievers, who may have much to teach us!
Boston College is the launchpad for Nuevo Momento, a leadership program that enlists 15 organizations that serve Spanish-speaking Catholics.
In his address at the 2024 U.N. Summit of the Future, Cardinal Parolin urged nations to rethink their approach to root causes of conflict.
During the Sunday Angelus Sept. 22, Pope Francis lamented the murder of Juan Antonio López of the Diocese of Trujillo in Honduras.
In his Sunday homily Sept. 22, the Lebanese Maronite patriarch expressed “profound sorrow” over the “devastating toll” of Israeli airstrikes.
“It is not about being important, rather it is about serving,” says a Maryknoll Father in this reflection for the Sunday readings.
The second session of the Synod of Bishops to be held in October 2-27 will include a penitential liturgy and a focus on youth, announced the Vatican.
Pope Francis says his Sept. 2-13 trip to Asia and the Pacific allowed him to fulfill his dream as...
A gathering of farmworkers hosted by the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, offers a glimpse into challenges facing agricultural workers.
Priest reflects on how God was forming him for a life of missionary discipleship I first...
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.
As I usually do three times a week, I jumped on the number 800 bus to go to the local seminary here in China. Oddly enough, in this city of some 4 million people, the bus had a lot of open seats that day. I sat down on one of them. All of a sudden, I felt wet. I...
Activists and ordinary people on US-Mexico border put nonviolence into action in response to migration crisis. || By Susan Gunn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the power of nonviolent...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts SACRED MEMORIES In your May/June 2019 MARYKNOLL magazine, an article entitled “You are the now of God” begins with a photo of a blonde girl...
