This Summer 2025 issue of Maryknoll magazine is dedicated to our beloved Pope Francis. Our cover story pays tribute to the pope from Argentina who was a sign of hope and inspiration for the Maryknoll family, the Catholic Church and the world.
While our print magazine went to press before the conclave, our web pages reflect the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first from the United States. The summer issue also includes a statement from Maryknoll’s superior general, addressing current challenges faced by our country.
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.
A Maryknoll priest draws on his farmland upbringing to fight global hunger. || by Lynn F. Monahan / photos by Sean Sprague For most of his mission career, Maryknoll Father Kenneth Thesing has grappled with the specter of hunger. Assigned to East Africa as a young priest in 1972, the missioner has...
For a Maryknoll Brother, serving the outcast is most important. Maryknoll Brother Loren Beaudry believes Jesus is the best example for a Brother. During the more than 30 years he has been serving in Tanzania and throughout Africa, he has tried to model his actions after Jesus’. “Jesus says,...
Maryknoll helps a Cambodian woman living with HIV to start a unique business For most Westerners, a “cricket” is an insect known for its nocturnal chirping. In Cambodia, the insect—deep fried in garlic and chillies, rich in protein and fiber—is a popular snack food or side dish eaten with a cold...
Woman from the Philippines shares spirituality and skills as a missioner in Myanmar || Story by John Zaw photos by Sean Sprague Emelita “Emily” Valdez is building communities in Myanmar in more ways than one. As a member of the Philippine Catholic Lay Mission (PCLM), she is not only organizing...
Paying respects to a slain Cambodian hero, a Maryknoll lay missioner experiences the family of God. In the past, I have taught a number of classes on Catholic Social Teaching at Catholic University of America and other places, and I always struggled to explain the notion of solidarity, feeling...
The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have accepted two new candidates to the priesthood—both from mission lands—and has welcomed a diocesan priest from northern New York State to serve as a priest associate in mission to Latin America. John Robinsob Siyumbu,30, was raised in a strong Catholic...
A Mayan indigenous community finds a home in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. As a deacon in the Archdioceses of Los Angeles in California, I find joy in performing pastoral works in parishes with diverse immigrant communities. As a Guatemalan immigrant, I feel blessed to have been assigned to...
When co-founders James A. Walsh and Thomas F. Price made China Maryknoll’s first mission in 1918, they were humbled by the fertile soil they discovered there for sowing seeds of the Gospel. Many Maryknoll missioners happily served there. Those days came to a standstill in 1949 when Communist...
A Maryknoll priest helps prepare youth in Yangon for the 21st century If the values of the students in Father James Kofski’s English language classes are typical, the future of Myanmar looks bright. “They invariably tell me they are studying English to find a good job, to earn enough money to...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Catholic leaders at the COP27 conference call for wealthy countries to compensate poor nations for loss and damage due to climate change.
U.S. and Mexican clergy concelebrate Mass at the Rio Grande, remembering especially migrants who died while attempting to cross the border.
In Bahrain, Pope Francis visits a Catholic school attended by students of many faiths and tells them to seek God for advice.
Debbie Northern, a Maryknoll lay missioner in El Paso, Texas, reflects on the Christian call to seek justice for all who are oppressed.
CELAM wants Church that heeds the cry of the poor and excluded, with greater roles for women, young people and laypeople.
Catholic dioceses in two countries coordinate to bring food, medicine and shelter materials to people displaced by military coup in Myanmar.
Sister Helen Prejean, who for decades has accompanied death row inmates and advocated against capital punishment, vows to carry on her mission.
A Maryknoll sister reflects on the readings for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and the grace to see things more clearly in unexpected ways.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sends a joint letter calling on President Biden to use diplomacy to avoid nuclear war.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Pope Francis and other leaders of world religions make a plea for peace.
Human rights groups report that Haiti is paralyzed by violence perpetrated by criminal gangs, including acts of aggression against women.
Ghana’s Catholic bishops warn of “environmental coup d’état” from rampant destruction of the country’s natural resources via illegal mining.
A Maryknoll brother tells of lessons learned in mission as he reflects on Jesus’ teachings in the readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
As around 100 captured Ukrainian women return home in a prisoners exchange, Ukraine archbishop decries the abuse they endured.
When we look at religions, we see diverging lines, but when we look at spirituality, we find...
“I drew stories before I could write,” Anne Neuberger recalls. “My mother would type my stories for me until I was in eighth grade. Then...
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, January & February, 2017. Part of the reality of being in mission in Mwanza, Tanzania, is the need to have a guard outside our home at night. My wife and fellow Maryknoll lay missioner, Ashley, and I have employed the same young man as our night...
Pope Francis is giving “very strong recognition” to what was discussed at the Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference held at the Vatican last spring, Cardinal Peter Turkson said in an interview in...
FACING FACTS I was very upset by the letter titled “Disrespectful” in the September/October issue of Maryknoll magazine. The letter writer is entitled to her opinion that the magazine should not...
