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.
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...
A Franciscan brother recalls his time and work with the living saint. On March 24, 1980, we Salvadorans wept when a killer’s bullet silenced the voice of the voiceless, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, head of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador. We will cry again on Oct. 14, 2018,...
Sisters from Peru, East Timor, South Korea and the Philippines make final vows Four young women began their mission journeys in four different countries of the world. They had never met each other before they gathered at Maryknoll, N.Y., but the same Spirit moved each one with the strong...
Maryknoll priest promotes clean water and organic farming in Guatemala Story and photos by Sean Sprague Maryknoll Father Edward Custer drives a dozen youth from San Juan Apostol parish in El Remate, Petén, Guatemala, in his pick-up truck and heads to nearby Lake Macanche. Parishioner Alejandro...
A Maryknoll lay missioner becomes a lawyer to address the global issues of female incarceration || By Heidi Cerneka I have worked for over 20 years with women in prison, mostly in Brazil. I have visited women’s prisons in Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Thailand, Cameroon, the United States,...
A Maryknoll sister addresses the needs of migrant farmworkers’ children in southwest Florida Maryknoll Sister Catherine DeVito recalls trying to comfort a 5-year-old girl with anxiety, who feared her mother would be taken away. Sadly, says the missioner, this child is not unique among those who...
A California parish opens its doors to welcome and aid homeless people. || By Giovana Soria As Jose Villalobos waited for assistance outside Dolores Mission parish in Los Angeles, Calif., he was listening to sports on a radio he held on his shoulder. He said he would rather listen to sports than...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
As Consolata Father Josiah K’Okal is remembered for his legacy of service to the Warao people, human rights groups demand an investigation into his death.
The Islamic State claims responsibility for an assault during a Mass in Istanbul that killed one churchgoer and injured others.
A deacon and leader of Maryknoll’s Mission Formation Program, which runs immersion programs, reflects on the Sunday Mass readings.
After urgent calls from religious leaders including Pope Francis and the president of the Latin America and Caribbean bishops’ conference, six Sisters of St. Anne have been freed.
A letter sponsored by the organization Pax Christi as part of their Bread not Stones campaign, endorsed by 18 bishops, calls for cuts to military spending and more resources for human services.
Central American and other migrants en route to the U.S.-Mexico border are routinely held for ransom as criminal gangs engage in kidnappings.
Members of the Congregation of Saint Anne were kidnapped by criminal gangs in a sign of the country’s furthering spiral into violence.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on the call of prophets old and new to change our ways and respond to those who are suffering.
The drownings of three migrants in the Rio Grande has deepened a jurisdictional dispute between the U.S. federal and Texas state governments.
Catholics in Gaza gives “a strong testimony of faith,” praying, helping each other and “keeping their hearts free from hatred.” priest says.
After 500 days in detention, Bishops Rolando Álvarez was released and sent to Rome along with another bishop and 17 priests and seminarians.
Maryknoll Sister Arlene Trant reflects on the upcoming Sunday Mass readings and how her own calling led her to respond, ‘Here I am.”
After the violent takeover of a media outlet and riots in prisons, Ecuador’s bishops issue a plea for peace, calm and order.
Catholic warn that Syrians are on the brink of starvation as the United Nations World Food Program plans to cut off its assistance.
Sorrowing Catholics have two models to inspire them: Jesus suffering on the cross and 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.
Making do is sometimes all you can do inside the United Nations camp for internally displaced people in Malakal, South Sudan, where I serve as a Maryknoll missioner. Recently, that meant improvising a one-wheeled ambulance to get a couple of ailing women to the camp’s...
U.S. Catholic Bishops, Maryknoll and others add strong Catholic voice for goals of Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement, adopted at the United Nations climate talks in France in 2015 and supported...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts UNITY AND FORGIVENESS The May/June 2018 Maryknoll magazine arrived the day the reading was from Acts 15:1–6, the story of Paul and Barnabas...
