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 Sister Angela Brennan receives blessings as she brings love and spiritual guidance to prisoners in El Salvador || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]by Sean Sprague[/googlefont] It was the mid-1950s and jobs were scarce in Ireland when 17-year-old Angela Brennan left her...
A Maryknoll lay missioner is moving on after three decades as a doctor in Africa || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]Story and photos by Sean Sprague[/googlefont] It’s a special day at the medical clinic in the informal settlement known as Bangladesh on the edge of the Kenyan...
Referencing Pope Francis’ call “to take a clear stand for creative and active nonviolence and against all forms of violence,” we asked students to cite examples of violence and tell what they are doing or could do to promote peace. We received 4,773 essays from students competing in two divisions...
A Maryknoll priest responds to killer flooding in Nepal || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Giovana Soria[/googlefont] Lauti Tharu, a gaunt woman with dark hair, was with her grandson when flood water swept into her home in the village of Godiyana in the Bardiya district of...
|| [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Giovana Soria[/googlefont] Maryknoll Father Joseph Thaler remembers the desperation in Nepal after the April 25, 2015, earthquake that killed 9,000 people and injured more than 21,000. In the village of Bhimtar, he saw 900 homes reduced to...
Pope Francis says he will “do everything possible” to help persecuted people of Myanmar By Joe Torres, Rock Ronald Rozario and Stephan Uttom Expectations are high among Rohingya refugees in makeshift camps in the town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after Pope Francis met with 16 of them in Dhaka, the...
Missioners’ trauma healing workshops help people around the globe to overcome traumas In February 2010, just a month after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, Maryknoll Father Dennis Moorman discovered the urgent need for his newly acquired skills. Even though the Haitian patients...
Salvadorans represent and meet Jesus in their suffering neighbors Jesus said, “I was sick and you visited me” (Matthew 25:36). Those words came to life for us guests recently when making the rounds to hospitalized and homebound Salvadorans with Maryknoll Father John Northrop and a group of...
Maryknoll Sisters' project continues to help Salvadorans with HIV/AIDS learn to live Maria Magdalena, who lives in El Salvador, was diagnosed with the HIV virus in April 2017. Her husband had died several years earlier, leaving her to fend for herself and her six children, two of whom are...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Advocates say that listening to the poor means more than ‘doing for the poor’ and can comprise a first step in becoming a more synodal Church.
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.
In the shadow of the cross || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]by Joseph R....
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 happened to stop at the home of one of my African friends in Tanzania. As I entered, I could hear all sorts of exciting noise coming from the living room. My friend and three others were playing Scrabble. They were really into it and talking in loud and animated...
The pope says that to find peace, migrants and refugees “risk their lives” on long and dangerous trips No one knew what to expect when Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina announced five...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]From Our Readers[/googlefont] YOUTH CONNECTION Thank you for the inspiring article...
