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.
Eight men and women—singles and couples with children—go forth to help build that world with God’s grace. By Margaret Gaughan, photos by Deborah Northern, MKLM As eight new members of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM) embarked on their journeys overseas recently, they were given an awesome...
Maryknoll priest hopes to finish a new church in the mountains of southern Peru. After celebrating morning Masses at two of the five communities he serves as pastor, Maryknoll Father Robert E. Hoffmann stopped by the town of Ichu, located 15 miles south of Puno in the altiplano of Peru. He has...
Hispanic youth in Texas are fueled to serve others in mission. When Gabriela Nieto was 6 years old, she arrived with her family in Houston, Texas. She remembers very little about her native country, Mexico, because she grew up and was educated in the United States. During her teenage years, she...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi seems unable to halt 'ethnic cleansing' Rakhine State in western Myanmar is in crisis as thousands of largely stateless Rohingya Muslims are fleeing violence to neighboring Bangladesh, human rights groups say. Some Rohingya are attempting dangerous boat trips to Malaysia...
Catholic peacemakers from around the world gather to share stories of their efforts.
Pope Francis has described this moment in history as…
In his new book The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers author and peacemaker Jim Forest draws on his close personal friendship with the famous Trappist monk in the 1960s, to explore Merton’s lifelong commitment to peace. In the conclusion, excerpted below, he...
Maryknoll priest from West Philadelphia has accompanied the people of Korea his whole priestly life. When newly ordained Father Gerard Hammond arrived by ship in Pusan, South Korea, in 1960, he saw countless North Korean refugees still recovering from the Korean War. “There were thousands of...
Reaping The Harvest of Immigration For the children of immigrant families, and especially for those of farm worker families, there are many barriers to higher education. As one of those children, Puja Saha became aware at an early age of the importance of education if she is to have a better...
A Maryknoll priest and a lay missioner serve the elderly together in Cambodia. || Story and photos by Sean Sprague San Sophanna sits on the floor, cross-legged weaving a mat out of old rags collected from a recycling center. It takes all day for the 70-year-old Cambodian woman to make the simple...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow meets with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as part of Pope Francis’ peace mission to Russia.
A Maryknoll priest serving in Tanzania reflects on this Sunday’s Scripture readings on loss and carrying our cross.
A lay missioner serving at the U.S./Mexico border reflects on the upcoming Sunday Mass readings and Pope Francis’ call to respect the dignity of migrants.
Patricia Gualinga, a Kichwa Indigenous leader of the Sarayaku people in Ecuador, was interviewed by Lisa Sullivan of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns during the United Nations Water Conference held in March. Here we share excerpts of their conversation.
In an interview, Scalabrinian Father Fabio Baggio outlines the Church’s global outreach to migrants and refugees.
A Maryknoll sister who served in Tanzania reflects on the Mass readings for this Sunday.
With the end of Title 42 and changes in U.S. immigration procedures, shelters for migrants run by the Catholic Church in Mexico City and other places are filled many times over capacity.
Maryknoll and Misioneros magazines together win 40 awards for excellence in English and Spanish coverage of Maryknoll missions.
In the context of a refugee camp under strict pandemic restrictions, a Maryknoll priest reflects about how to bring Eucharist to everyone.
São Paulo authorities have been continually failing to find ways to deal with growing number of homeless people in Brazil said priests.
Pope Francis announced his plan to write a document dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux and her “spirit of humility, tenderness and goodness.”
Experts in Jewish-Catholic relations are hailing a new plan to combat antisemitism, released amid a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents.
Anger toward tribal Christians in India’s Manipur state has led to attacks on homes and Christian places of worship, archbishop says.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees live in dire poverty, say humanitarian workers, in spite of the Kenyan government’s Marshall Plan.
Dust to Dust When it comes to Ash Wednesday, I am definitely “old school.” I have nothing against...
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.
Before Christmas when the readings at Mass are from the prophet Isaiah, the Scriptures came to life for me. “The eyes of the blind will be opened,” Isaiah said. Here in Guatemala, where I serve in mission, Andrea is an old woman whose eyes are so milky white that she...
Every day, we hear about war, terrorism and social violence, issues that affect us and our brothers and sisters around the world. The problems can seem so complex that they leave us wondering, “What...
QUALITY OF MERCY Thanks for sharing Brother Beeching’s touching story about one of his students, Malai, in his article, “We are never among strangers” (in the November/December 2016 issue). The...
