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.
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...
Maryknoll Affiliates mark 25 years of connecting with others at home and abroad When you are doing something good,” says Maryknoll Sister Ellen McDonald, “the whole universe conspires to make it happen!” She is describing the miraculous birth and growth of the Maryknoll Affiliates, who are...
Native American youth from St. Labre school explore change and leadership in Chicago || Story and photos by Kate Macan Can I pull it?” asked high school senior Braylee Armajo as she reached for the deep yellow cord on Chicago Transit Authority Bus 8. “Not quite yet,” replied Kate Macan, a...
People of faith join in prayer and solidarity with undocumented immigrants || by Giovana Soria Veronica Castro wakes up her 17-year-old son, Juan, early each morning. She bathes him, helps him get dressed, ties his shoes, serves him breakfast, and walks him slowly to the bus that takes him to a...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
A Maryknoll lay missioner discusses the Sunday readings and care of our common home in light of her work for sustainability with a poor farming community in El Salvador.
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, issues a letter urging protections for unaccompanied minors and other migrant children.
A proposed update to the nuclear gravity bomb alarms Catholic Church leaders and peace advocates, who decry nuclear bombs as morally indefensible.
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Susan Nagele remembers Bishop Paride Taban of Torit, South Sudan, as a wise and compassionate Church leader with a vision for peace in a war-torn country.
A Maryknoll sister reflects on the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids in the context of her life in mission.
Civilians in Myanmar seeking refuge from military attacks, most of whom are Catholic, are assisted at Church-run humanitarian aid centers.
As a gesture of respect for the suffering in Gaza, Christians in Jordan cancel Christmas celebrations this year.
Following the destruction of Hurricane Otis in the Mexican city of Acapulco, Caritas coordinates relief efforts to reach those affected.
Following the Angelus on Aug. 5, Pope Francis says that wars in Ukraine and the Holy Land are destroying children’s futures in those regions.
A Maryknoll Sister contemplates how to truly honor God and the teachings of Jesus in the midst of ongoing global conflict.
As the Maasai continue to resist the violent eviction from their ancestral lands, women religious and religious leaders rush to their aid.
Holiness is a journey we undertake together, guided by Saints and their example, says Pope Francis on the feast of All Saints day
Pope Francis calls for a cease-fire in the Holy Land; his foreign minister speaks with Iran’s foreign minister about not escalating conflict.
The Synod of the Bishops concludes its 2023 session tackling issues of representation, women’s roles and space for minorities in the Church.
A Rumor of Angels One of my early childhood memories is waking up at night and looking from my bed...
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.
Our new mission in the southeast corner of South Sudan had just started a school where there had never been one for over 100 miles. The idea of going to school for little children who were accustomed to running wild and free, chasing the sheep and goats, was...
The U.N.’s Zero Hunger Challenge seeks to vanish hunger from the planet "Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development” is a slogan promoted by the Food and...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts ANIMAL TREATMENT I admire how Brother J. Francis Dolphin has used skills and attractions since childhood to bring joy to the sick and to lead...
