In our Spring 2025 issue, we visit the jungles of Guatemala, where Maryknoll priests have built a dozen chapels, and Hong Kong, where a school founded by the Maryknoll Sisters celebrates its centenary. Of note, too, in this issue is our tribute to the late Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, an Orbis Books author who is considered the father of liberation theology.
This Lenten season, join us in prayer with Maryknoll missioners who live and work in a spirit of hope.
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 Salesian priest sees the plight of Jesus, Mary and Joseph reflected in South Sudanese refugees in Uganda today Christmas has taken on a deeper meaning for me this year since I began serving as chaplain for refugees in the Archdiocese of Gulu in northern Uganda. I minister to more than 36,000...
Maryknoll-founded program relies on faith for success of HIV care and treatment. || by Lynn F. Monahan, photos by Sean Sprague The alley to Anne Ndungu’s tiny home is a narrow, rock-strewn dirt gully between identical buildings of dusty sheets of corrugated metal, the standard building material...
A Maryknoll lay missioner and community health volunteers serve people with HIV in Kenya slum. || Story and photos by Sean Sprague Coralis Salvador quotes part of a homily a Kenyan priest gave many years ago: “We are the body of Mary and we give birth to Jesus … not by words but by how we relate...
Maryknoll ministry helps Filipino workers in need in Taiwan. || by Maria-Pia Negro Chin, photos by Nile Sprague Like thousands of migrant workers in Taiwan, Thelma Daracan, 28, left a low-paying job in her native Philippines to become a caretaker overseas and provide for her family back...
Maryknoll-supported organization in southern Andes receives human rights award for defending indigenous peoples For over a decade, the nonprofit organization Human Rights and Environment (known by its Spanish acronym DHUMA) has combined education and legal aid to defend the rights of Quechua and...
Congress in Bolivia rekindles the flame of missionary discipleship from Canada to Chile Father Alexi Tovar traveled 12 days to get to the Fifth American Missionary Congress (V CAM), in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from July 10 to 15, 2018. With a little financial help from friends overseas,...
Maryknoll missioners recall deceased colleague Mary Among the many gifts Mary D’Arcy shared with her beloved Maryknoll family was her remarkable ability to be present. “When Mary sat down with you, it was as if you were the only person she had ever worked with, or even, the only one in the world!”...
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year. Sister Elizabeth Burns Father Bernard P. Byrne Father George G. Cotter Brother Duane T. Crockett Father Gerald J. Farrell Sister Eileen Franz Sister Rosemary Garrity Father John Geitner Father Sigmund S. Jamroz Father Walter...
The Maryknoll Society celebrates a century of going forth in mission When Maryknoll priests and brothers mark the 100th anniversary of their first mission sending on September 7, one missioner in particular will be basking in the joy of this milestone: Father Lawrence Schanberger. “The...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Reflecting on Jesus’ parable about the mustard seed, a Maryknoll priest recalls a day laborer who organized the community in Chile.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi delivers a letter to President Biden, saying the pope prioritizes peace and the return of deported Ukrainian children.
Haitian gangs have overrun the country to the point that international intervention is needed, say Church leaders and experts.
Even if the fruits are not immediately visible, Christians are called to sow seeds of faith in their daily lives, Pope Francis says at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on July 16, 2023.
A Maryknoll lay missioner living in Tanzania with his family reflects on Sunday’s Mass readings and the humility needed to be open to God.
During his Angelus address, Pope Francis encourages listeners to look with awe and wonder for “signs of God acting in the world.”
U.S. Bishops praise expansion of 'family reunification' processes to provide lawful pathways for...
Experts discuss the manifold root causes driving migration and displacement all over the world in...
Reflecting on this Sunday’s Mass readings, a Maryknoll sister describes Jesus’ yoke through sharing a mission experience from East Africa.
Pope Francis announces creation of a commission to research and disseminate stories of Christian martyrs, including non-Catholics, killed during the past 25 years.
Brazil’s bishops’ conference works to combat contemporary slavery, which worsened under two past presidents.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow meets with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as part of Pope Francis’ peace mission to Russia.
A Maryknoll priest serving in Tanzania reflects on this Sunday’s Scripture readings on loss and carrying our cross.
A lay missioner serving at the U.S./Mexico border reflects on the upcoming Sunday Mass readings and Pope Francis’ call to respect the dignity of migrants.
Sorrowing Catholics have two models to inspire them: Jesus suffering on the cross and Mary...
As we approach World Mission Sunday on October 21, a Los Angeles woman reminds us of our call to missionary discipleship I once heard a...
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.
When I first arrived in Nairobi and was trying to learn how to navigate this capital city of Kenya, I would walk through Kibera, a huge informal settlement—or slum—with a Kenyan friend, Patrick. A member of the Christian Life Community movement, Patrick does volunteer...
World leaders slated to adopt a U.N. agreement on protection of migrants as well as refugees Leaders from more than 190 countries are scheduled to adopt the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts CALM SHAKEN My inmost calm was shaken when I came to the end of your article on Mary and Islam in the July/August issue. I have been a...
