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.
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...
Catholic journalist shares his impressions of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]by Jorge I. Domínguez-López [/googlefont] On Sunday, December 3, Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the express...
Seven Maryknoll lay missioners answer the call to walk in Jesus’ footstepsThey heard the call and responded to it.” These were the words of Maryknoll Father Larry Lewis as he presided over the covenant-signing ceremony of seven new members of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM) on Dec. 7, 2017.At...
Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By John Dear[/googlefont] The following reflection is the introduction to They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change by peace and nonviolence activist...
A reflection on 2017, and a prayer to find God's presence in the new year || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Raymond Finch, M.M.[/googlefont] As we begin this new year, let’s look back on the past one and discover those moments when we were aware of God‘s presence in our...
Indigenous people in Guatemala celebrate the beatification of their pastor Story and photos by Sean Sprague As North Americans cheered the beatification of Father Stanley Francis Rother in his home archdiocese of Oklahoma City last September, the joy of the...
Throngs turn out in Oklahoma as native son moves closer to sainthood || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Bernice Kita, M.M.[/googlefont] More than 21,000 people from all over the United States and beyond flooded into Oklahoma City on Sept. 23, 2017. A native son, Father Stanley...
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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Pope Francis celebrates the canonization of Saint María Antonia de Paz Figueroa in a Mass attended by Argentine President Javier Miliei.
Maryknoll Father Frank Breen reflects on the passage of Jesus and the leper as a model for the Church community to be more inclusive.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of 23-year-old Hersh who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, shares the faith in humanity that is carrying her family through the ordeal.
The bishop links human trafficking to issues in victims’ countries of origin as the day of prayer against trafficking, Feb. 8, approaches.
In Belarus, Catholic priests and church leaders who speak out against the government are harassed and arrested.
Maryknoll Sister Lil Mattingly reflects on how Jesus’ healing ministry continues today as migrants and refugees are cared for at the border.
Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a Palestinian, says true peace will take at least a generation.
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.
The Conversion of Paul On January 25 the Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches celebrate...
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...
