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.
Former Maryknoll missioner works to build peace in Asian land Just before leaving Afghanistan last February after working there for three years, I gazed out my office window on a landscape of snow-capped mountains surrounding the capital city of Kabul. The streets were relatively empty on this...
Maryknoll sister brings special gifts to people with disabilities in China Maryknoll Sister Ngoc-Hà Pham is no stranger to perilous situations. Born in Saigon in 1964 in the midst of the Vietnam War, she fled to the United States with her father and seven siblings when Saigon fell to the...
Miguel d’Escoto was not only a priest, a missioner and peacemaker, but also a revolutionary, a statesman, a diplomat—a beloved son of Maryknoll. Before serving as president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, he was one of several Nicaraguan priests who served in the Sandinista...
Priest who helps sick in North Korea receives Knights of Columbus’ highest award Maryknoll Father Gerard Hammond’s “brave and tireless mission to minister to the ill in North Korea… is carried out in the selfless spirit that has marked Maryknoll priests since the Society’s founding more than a...
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year. Father Donald L. Allen Sister Mary Lou Andrews Father Peter C. Brien Sister Mary Edna Brophy Sister Jennie Burke Sister Katherine Byrne Father Richard L. Clifford Sister Eugenie Therese Courtright Father Wayman P. Deasy Father...
N.Y. man transitions from military life to mission life By Sean Cintron My six years as an infantry paratrooper in the U.S. Army took me many places and stretched me in ways I could not have predicted. My most trying times were my combat deployments to Iraq (2007) and Afghanistan (2009–2010). As a...
Maryknoll Society is doubly blessed to ordain two new priests who would go to mission in Hong Kong || by Maria-Pia Negro Chin, photos by Octavio Duran, OFM When Daniel Siwoo Kim from Cerritos, Calif., and Peter Latouf from Detroit, Mich., became the Maryknoll Society’s newest priests, they...
Three Maryknoll sisters give Kenyans time and space to heal from violent conflicts || by Teresa Hougnon, M.M. and Giang Nguyen, M.M. We three Maryknoll sisters—Sia Temu, Giang Nguyen and Teresa Hougnon—feel blessed to play a small part in responding to one nation’s urgent need for peace. Since...
U.S. couple brings home fruits of overseas mission experience Twelve years ago if someone had told us we would sell nearly all our possessions, move 8,000 miles away and return home to the United States richer than when we left, our brains would not have been able to process such craziness. But...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
At the national Catholic Social Ministry gathering, plenary panelists underscored work with women and children and offered paths to follow.
“Hands off Africa!” Pope Francis says in an address to leaders in Congo, decrying plundering of the continent’s resources.
In a closed trial, Nicaragua's government convicted seven church workers, including three priests,...
The Church confirms that the murder of a Polish family that tried to hide Jewish neighbors from the Nazis qualifies as martyrdom.
By Gabe Hurrish Sunday, January 29, 2023Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 | 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 | Matthew...
During the month of January, Catholics across the U.S. raise awareness about the problem of human trafficking.
While applauding a private sponsorship program for refugees vi the Welcome Corps, U.S. Catholic organizations also raise potential concerns.
Pope Francis and Peru’s bishops urge the immediate restoration of peace after more than 50 lives are lost due to political violence.
The cardinal and two archbishops of Myanmar send an open letter calling for protection after another church bombing last week.
As she reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, a Maryknoll sister recalls serving at the U.S./Mexico border.
Receiving a delegation of Buddhist monks from Cambodia, Pope Francis said that interreligious dialogue can promote care of creation.
Biden’s plan to address the surge of asylum-seekers “doesn’t address the problem of people coming by boats,” Miami’s archbishop says.
A priest’s death and the wounding of another is the latest attack in Nigeria's predominantly...
Veronica Schweyen, M.M. Sunday, January 15, 2023Is 49:3, 5-6 | 1 Cor 1:1-3 | Jn 1:29-34This...
A Rumor of Angels One of my early childhood memories is waking up at night and looking from my bed...
Maryknoll's administrative assistant in Buffalo furthers the Reign of God Faithful service and commitment to mission are the two phrases...
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.
I visit a public transplant hospital here in São Paulo, Brazil, where I offer my time and conversation. The patients are there to be treated for diseases such as leukemia and hemophilia. On my visits I have learned many details about serious illnesses, but I also...
Trump administration considers ending protected status for 350,000 people to decrease total number of immigrants. Presidents since Dwight D. Eisenhower have granted “temporary protection” to foreign...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts NOT SO FEEL GOOD I am writing to second a reader’s letter in your July/August issue of Maryknoll that practically all your articles are the...
