In this issue of Maryknoll, we examine how cuts to U.S. foreign aid have impacted a major AIDS relief program launched decades ago in Kenya by Maryknoll missioners, while in another article, we visit an AIDS hospice started by Maryknoll sisters that provides care and shelter to patients in Guatemala.
We continue our coverage of immigration with a look at the Church’s clear opposition to mass deportation and the mistreatment of migrants. We meet the latest group of Maryknoll lay missioners, accompany young adults on a pilgrimage to Rome, and share other mission stories from around the world.
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.
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...
Witnesses are moved by the suffering of separated migrants and their children “Please, my son needs me! I have never been separated from him. I beg you to help me. I’m not lying. I am here because of fear. I am desperate. I can’t go back to my country because my son and I are in danger.” This is...
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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
A hospital run by Caritas in Bethlehem tends to 50,000 children a year as the only pediatric hospital functioning in the West Bank.
By Doreen Longres, M.M. Sunday, May 5, 2024 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 | 1 Jn 4:7-10 | Jn 15:9-17...
During his general audience on May 1, 2024, St. Joseph the Worker's feast day, Pope Francis says...
Church leaders including a Catholic bishop and heads of several denominations say the new law puts...
In an affront to Bishop René Sándigo of León, Daniel Ortega's Administration sets up a boxing ring...
The legislation, signed in a closed door session, overturns local "living wage" provisions and...
Retired General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García is on trial for his part in the massacre of...
A Maryknoll sister reflects on Jesus the Good Shepherd in the context of her work with children and families in Panama and Peru.
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, addresses the challenges at the border and the changing realities of the United States.
A project for disabled children and youth founded in Nepal by Maryknoll Father Adam Gudalefsky is run by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.
Avoid a “spiral of violence” in the Middle East, urged Pope Francis after Iran’s launch of drones and missiles against Israel.
During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis offered a teaching on fortitude and resisting...
At a panel sponsored last month by Caritas Internationalis and the Permanent Observer of the Holy...
As elections approach, drug cartels are targetting and killing political candidates; 29 people...
Christmas calls us to celebrate God at work in everyday events of human life A young woman, Mary,...
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...
