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.
Maryknoll brother finds his calling responding to the needs of Burmese refugees When I accepted a mission assignment to Thailand in 1990, I had no idea I would be working with refugees, but helping these most vulnerable people has given me the greatest fulfillment as a missioner. I was...
Maryknoll's director of vocations shares life's missionary journey and his joy for the Gospel The calm blue eyes of Maryknoll Father Michael Snyder shine with tears of emotion as he recalls the moment he discovered the heart of his missionary vocation: the presence of the Holy Spirit. It...
A Maryknoll lay missioner finds promise in young Cambodian students || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Maria Montello, MKLM[/googlefont] Raksmy was a bright student in my critical thinking skills class at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, where I teach poor...
Maryknoll sister welcomes migrants at a shelter on the U.S./Mexico border Karla La Torre, 29, fled her native Honduras with her four children and $50 her grandmother gave her to come to the United States. With tears in her eyes, she recalls the day when members of the notorious gang known...
Recently, Jesuit Father James Martin, Orbis book author (Essential Writings and This Our Exile), editor-at-large of America magazine and consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication, shared his thoughts on prayer, forgiveness and more with our senior marketing technologist, Adam...
Maryknoll priests and brothers donate personal funds to help resettle refugees in New York's Westchester County Six months after Leen Ali-Dib and her refugee family resettled in Pelham outside of New York City, they went to a local park to enjoy the July 4 fireworks. What should have been an...
A former refugee from Somalia living in Vermont strives to give back to the country that welcomed her family. Madina Dhahir Haji became a U.S. citizen last year, 12 years after emigrating to this country with her mother and four younger siblings as refugees from a Kenyan refugee camp. Dressed in...
Undocumented immigrants facing deportation find sanctuary at temporary shelters around the country. By David R. Aquije "If I don’t see you again, pray for me,” said Jorge Taborda, an undocumented immigrant, to his son Steven, 15, who was born in the United States. He said goodbye and left Steven...
Missioner reflects on changes to his HIV ministry in Peru As soon as Maryknoll Father Joseph Fedora arrives at the Posadita del Buen Pastor (Little Inn of the Good Shepherd), he asks about “his children,” boys and girls who grew up in the shelter for HIV patients in Lima, Peru. Since 1998, he has...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his teaching on evangelization and mission, noting that divisions are overcome by the Holy Spirit.
The tiny country of Myanmar has become the world’s second most prolific purveyor of opium, according to a U.N. report.
A returned lay missioner recalls experiences in Tanzania as he reflects on this Sunday’s Mass readings calling listeners to holiness.
The shrine to a priest killed in Guatemala, the first U.S.-born martyr formally recognized by the Church, will be dedicated Feb. 17.
Catholic charity organizations mobilize millions in relief aid for Syria and Turkey after an earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people.
A report referring to global data from a papal foundation compiles names of more than 100 priests and sisters kidnapped or killed last year.
Bishop Rolando Álvarez was sentenced to prison in Nicaragua after defying President Daniel Ortega by refusing to go into exile.
A Maryknoll priest in South Sudan accompanies those displaced by war to meet with the visiting pontiff.
Maryknoll Sister Dee Smith reflects on Jesus’s words, “Let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,'” in the context of her service in Guatemala.
The Yanomami people of Brazil face life-threatening levels of starvation and disease, say Church leaders carrying out relief efforts.
As Syria and Turkey reel from the effects of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, Church leaders in Aleppo report devastation and despair.
Emotions like sorrow and disappointment can lead to conversion, but dwelling on them leads to bitterness and pessimism, says Pope Francis.
After visiting Congo, Pope Francis joins with two ecumenical leaders to bring a message of peace to war-torn South Sudan.
A Maryknoll priest recalls his mission in Tanzania as he reflects on the themes of salt and light in this Sunday’s Mass readings.
Misconceptions about the Immaculate Conception || By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. One of the more...
A group of lay people with "HIV-positive hearts" walk with Peruvians living with HIV. Gently touching Luis on the cheek, Yolanda Yactayo...
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 the March/April 2017 MARYKNOLL magazine, I wrote about a Guatemalan man, Antonio Perez, whose cataracts were so thick he was totally blind. Dr. Luz Galindo, the local eye doctor, and I worked to cure his eye infections and got him scheduled for cataract surgery....
Swiss NGO behind Herculean effort that led to vote on a nuclear ban treaty More than 70 years have passed since atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]From Our Readers[/googlefont] DEEPLY MOVED The September/October 2017 issue is a real...
