For the Jubilee Year, middle and high school students wrote about what they have learned about hope from experiences in their own lives.
2024 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest Winners
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Maryknoll Magazine Winter 2026
This issue of Maryknoll magazine presents stories about immigration and the Maryknoll missioners who help migrants, refugees, and displaced people both in the United States and abroad.
Be inspired by a photo meditation on Mother Cabrini. Learn about the compassion of a Maryknoll Sister who serves children of migrant families affected by mass deportations in Florida. Read about the journey of an undocumented migrant who became a permanent deacon and now leads Maryknoll immersion trips back to his home country.
FEATURED STORIES
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.
Poem: A Migrant’s Trail
In this moving poem, Maryknoll Lay Missioner Rick Dixon follows one migrant’s trail to its tragic end, a grave marker in a potter’s field.
Learning Synodality from Theologians of Life
A Maryknoll priest finds lessons in the collective lifestyle of the Mojeño-Trinitario people served by Maryknoll in the Bolivian Amazon.
Leo XIV Becomes the First American Pope
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and longtime missioner in Peru, is elected on the second day of the conclave, becoming the first American pope.
Hope Triumphs in Guatemala
Maryknoll Father William Senger builds a parish in Guatemala by constructing chapels and forming lay leaders.
A Maryknoll Heart Beats in Kowloon
Maryknoll Convent School, a school founded by pioneering Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, celebrates its centenary the Maryknoll way.
A Tribute to Gustavo Gutiérrez
Orbis Books Publisher Robert Ellsberg offers a tribute to Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of liberation theology.
Sharing Jesus’ Heart
Maryknoll Lay Missioners Joshua Sisolak and Marjorie Humphrey are commissioned to serve in Bolivia and East Africa.
Spoons and a Spinning Top
Maryknoll Brother Joseph Bruener serves at a home for boys at risk of becoming street children in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
To Love as God Loves Us: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Sister Leonor Montiel, who has served in Cambodia, reflects on the call in Sunday’s Gospel to love others and to build a just world.
Cardinal McElroy Calls for Solidarity with Migrants Lacking Legal Status
The archbishop of Washington, D.C. urges compassion toward migrants and denounces “the government’s campaign of fear and terror.”
Catholics Pray For an End to Raids at LA Immigration Mass
Catholics in Los Angeles pray for immigrants and call for an end to raids in an emotional Mass for Migrants at the Cathedral.
Poverty and Violence Affect Women and Girls, Says Vatican to UN
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, a diplomat of the Holy See, called on UN member states to prioritize the equality and dignity of women and girls.
Pope Leo XIV: Migrants and Refugees Embody Hope and Joy
In his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Leo XIV said that they are witnesses of faith, hope and joy.
Lazarus and the Rich Man: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Father Frank Breen draws from the Sunday Gospel to highlight global and economic injustices, urging Christian solidarity.
Maryknoll COP30 Webinar Prepares for Climate Summit
A recent MOGC webinar highlighted key concerns raised by voices from the Global South ahead of COP30, to be held in Belém, Brazil.
‘The Cabrini Pledge’ Calls Faithful to be Keepers of Hope for Migrants and Refugees
‘The Cabrini Pledge’, an initiative of the USCCB, calls on us to be guardians of hope for migrants and refugees in these challenging times.
Use Wealth for Peace, Not War Says the Pope
Pope Leo XIV urges world leaders to use wealth and resources for the common good, promoting peace and social justice.
Maryknoll Father Rodrigo Ulloa: From Soldier to Missioner
Learn about the path that led Maryknoll Father Rodrigo Ulloa from serving in the U.S. Air Force to serving as a warrior in God’s army.
The Poor Will Be Exalted: A Maryknoll Reflection
Gabe Hurrish, a Maryknoll lay missioner in South Sudan, reflects on this Sunday’s parable of the unjust steward and the evil of greed.
DR Congo’s Bishops Denounce Tide of Violence
Intensifying violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is seen in recent attacks on a church, a seminary and on homes of villagers.
Priests Network Condemns ‘Genocide’ Happening in Gaza
Catholic priests have founded a network to denounce war crimes and genocide in Gaza, pray for peace, and support Christians in the Holy Land.
Migrants Are Not Enemies, Just Brothers and Sisters in Need, Pope Says
Pope Leo XIV calls for a global culture of compassion towards migrants, praising the example set by the Italian island of Lampedusa.
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
Spirit of Mission: Too Many Saviors?
Christians like Dietrich Bonhoeffer offer concrete examples of following Jesus and taking up the Cross, even at great personal risk.
Partners in Mission
Partners in Mission: Love Lives On
Maureen Long recalled her parents’ last wish. Francis and Patricia Lafferty wanted their wedding rings to become part of a sacred symbol.
MISSIONER TALES
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.
Missioner Tales, Spring 2025
Missioners share vignettes of life drawn from their Maryknoll ministries in Bolivia, Guatemala, Tanzania and Brazil.
ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT
World Watch
World Watch: Global Debt Crisis Needs a Jubilee
Pope Francis has called on world leaders to consider debt cancellation for poor countries as a way to honor the Jubilee Year.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses, Spring 2025
Readers respond via email, letter or message to our stories published online, circulated in print and shared weekly by ezine.
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