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 lay missioner receives inspiration from a Tanzanian doctor It was early one morning here in Mwanza, in northwest Tanzania. Dr. Leonard Washington had arranged to meet me at Mwanza’s Bugando Hospital. He soon was inspecting the two areas of my leg that had become infected after a fall....
A Maryknoll Sister shares her recent experience volunteering with a peace team among people displaced by violence. I was walking through a refugee camp in Kurdistan, Iraq, when the screams of a little girl gripped me. “I saw the blood of my friends,” she cried in terror. Seeing the red fence...
Maryknoll lay missioners in Brazil share Christ’s mercy with immigrants and refugees I fled Syria two years ago during the midst of the war,” one Syrian refugee wrote. “I lived in Damascus and my house was bombed twice and burned to the ground. All of my family—my parents and siblings—fled to...
A Maryknoll priest serves displaced people at U.N. camp in war-wracked South Sudan || By Michael Bassano, M.M., photos by Paul Jeffrey On the move. These past few months in the U.N. camp have been moments of change and transition. The camp has grown to accommodate 48,000 people, with new additions...
A Kenyan runner is thankful to Maryknoll priest who sees gifts and talents in all young people Father Richard Quinn, a veteran Maryknoll missioner who spent nearly 60 years serving in East Africa, beams with pride when talking about a young Kenyan man he met through his ministry to nurture and...
The call to mission rings out to all people of goodwill. Young people hear it with fresh ears and a desire to begin their lives with a spirit of service. Those entering the second half of their lives hear it through the wisdom gained from their experiences. Single people respond to the call to...
Maryknoll Sister from the Philippines and Tanzanians discover together that mission is about relationships || By Mary Ellen Manz M.M., photos by Nile Sprague Love, welcome, blossom. These three words sum up Maryknoll Sister Genie Natividad’s mission in Mwanza, Tanzania. They are the names of three...
A Maryknoll Sister and her brother, a Maryknoll priest, celebrate lives of service There are lessons that money cannot buy and schools often cannot teach. Maryknoll Sister Elizabeth Erbland and her brother Maryknoll Father Philip Erbland are living testaments to the powerful lessons learned from...
Young Maryknoll priest continues a mission of mercy in a parish founded and nurtured by Maryknoll missioners || By Giovana Soria, photos by Nile Sprague The youngest Maryknoll priest, Father Lam Minh Hua, has taken his first steps as a missioner in the Mabatini settlement in Mwanza, Tanzania,...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Local pastoral leaders in the U.S. share how their parishes are celebrating the Season of Creation, observed Sept. 1 to Oct. 4.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on the Mass readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and the need to continually discern God’s call.
In a new series, on discernment, Pope Francis teaches that people have the choice to grow a “magnificent garden” or make a “desert of death.”
Religious leaders in South Sudan start a peace campaign to ensure refugees can return to a peaceful environment.
Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad has called for help for thousands affected by floods that have devastated many areas of Pakistan.
“Be humble,” says a recently-ordained Maryknoll priest about approaching other cultures as he reflects on the Sunday Mass readings for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Students from Uvalde, Texas, where a school shooting took place, are helped by Catholic Extension to attend Sacred Heart Catholic School.
Pope Francis concludes his catechesis on old age, teaching that the wisdom of elders is a blessing for both young and old.
A report from the Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council shows that 2021 was a deadly...
As Pope Francis calls for dialogue, international Church leaders and Nicaraguan Catholics speak out against the arrest of Bishop Álvarez.
A Maryknoll affiliate who has worked 40 years in public education reflects on “the narrow gate” in the Mass readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Two families who long for reunification offer their stories on behalf of countless others separated by the U.S./Mexico border.
Pope Francis draws global attention to Somalia, where one million displaced people face famine and disease provoked by drought.
Bianca Jagger, a human rights advocate, joins other Nicaraguans to call for the release of Bishop José Álvarez, who is under house arrest.
The third in our 2016 spirituality series on the Jubilee Year of Mercy || [googlefont...
Brother John Blazo, a member of the Maryknoll Mission Education and Promotion Department’s Northeast Region, welcomes a young...
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, September & October 2016 While I was driving a fellow Maryknoll lay missioner to the airport in Mwanza, Tanzania, we encountered a torrential rainfall. We made it to the airport but when I returned, I could not get through on the main road. A dala...
Pope Francis’ virtues of courage, compassion and commitment to the Gospel are breathing new life into the campaign for nuclear disarmament. “There is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear...
ON FATHER CAPODANNO Regarding your coverage of Father Vincent Capodanno in the January/February issue of Maryknoll magazine, my brother Jim died in Vietnam on June 2, 1967. Father Vincent, who gave...
