This issue of Maryknoll magazine presents stories about immigration and the Maryknoll missioners who help migrants, refugees, and displaced people both in the United States and abroad.
Be inspired by a photo meditation on Mother Cabrini. Learn about the compassion of a Maryknoll Sister who serves children of migrant families affected by mass deportations in Florida. Read about the journey of an undocumented migrant who became a permanent deacon and now leads Maryknoll immersion trips back to his home 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.
Restorative justice process enables offenders and their victims to heal In one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods in São Paulo, Brazil, Raquel (not her real name), a teacher, was the victim of an armed assault and carjacking. After filing a police report, she heard that the adolescent...
Oklahoma City Archdiocese pursues cause of sainthood for martyred native son Father Stanley Rother Thirty-five years ago this July 28, three men slipped into the rectory of Santiago Apóstol (St. James the Apostle) parish in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, at 1:30 in the morning. Clearly familiar with...
Indigenous activist murdered in Honduras defending the environment and human rights On March 5, two days after environmentalist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was murdered, thousands of her supporters clogged the streets of La Esperanza, Honduras, carrying her coffin for burial and shouting...
A Maryknoll Affiliate and members of her parish expand their vision by helping refugees find a home in North Carolina Think globally and act locally is a mantra often repeated by the Maryknoll Affiliates—people who identify with Maryknoll’s vision, spirit and charism but remain active in their...
Immigrant family gives Pope Francis copy of Orbis book By Deirdre Cornell One frigid December morning six years ago, my husband and I were awakened by a phone call. With panic in her voice, a friend from our parish told us that an immigration raid had just occurred at a local workplace. Her...
Maryknoll Sister joins the thousands on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to worship together with Pope Francis || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Lelia Mattingly, M.M.[/googlefont] When Pope Francis arrived in Juárez, Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, to celebrate Mass...
Despite hardships and earthquake, a young woman in Nepal hopes for the future || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Pradeep Singh[/googlefont] Kabita Rai was less than a year old when her parents brought her to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, fleeing the threat of Maoist guerrillas...
Maryknoll Sister treats the hands and health of migrant farmworkers in Pennsylvania || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.[/googlefont] She remembers one black grandmother who, despite oral cancer, wouldn’t keep her appointment to see a specialist if it meant...
In honor of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, which Pope Francis has declared from Dec. 8, 2015 to Nov. 20, 2016, we asked students to share a real-life story of mercy that has inspired them and to tell what this story teaches them about the need for mercy today. We received 6,452 essays from students...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
In a closed trial, Nicaragua's government convicted seven church workers, including three priests,...
The Church confirms that the murder of a Polish family that tried to hide Jewish neighbors from the Nazis qualifies as martyrdom.
By Gabe Hurrish Sunday, January 29, 2023Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 | 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 | Matthew...
During the month of January, Catholics across the U.S. raise awareness about the problem of human trafficking.
While applauding a private sponsorship program for refugees vi the Welcome Corps, U.S. Catholic organizations also raise potential concerns.
Pope Francis and Peru’s bishops urge the immediate restoration of peace after more than 50 lives are lost due to political violence.
The cardinal and two archbishops of Myanmar send an open letter calling for protection after another church bombing last week.
As she reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, a Maryknoll sister recalls serving at the U.S./Mexico border.
Receiving a delegation of Buddhist monks from Cambodia, Pope Francis said that interreligious dialogue can promote care of creation.
Biden’s plan to address the surge of asylum-seekers “doesn’t address the problem of people coming by boats,” Miami’s archbishop says.
A priest’s death and the wounding of another is the latest attack in Nigeria's predominantly...
Veronica Schweyen, M.M. Sunday, January 15, 2023Is 49:3, 5-6 | 1 Cor 1:1-3 | Jn 1:29-34This...
Pope Francis begins a new series of catechesis in his weekly audiences focused on evangelization and apostolic zeal.
The death toll in violent protests in Peru and a harsh government crackdown climbs to more than 40 people since early December.
The fifth in our 2016 spirituality series celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy The Aymara people...
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.
For years, Don Agustin Lazarte was an itinerant catechist in our St. Francis Xavier parish in the village of Monte Verde, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He would spend a week or a month in a village, helping with ceremonies in the chapel, visiting the country schools and...
Maryknoll missioners In Cambodia and Myanmar are seeing the return of fishermen who have been rescued from slave-like working conditions on Thai fishing boats in the seas off Indonesia. Recruited by...
GO FOR IT! I was a seminarian and a priest in the diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., with Father Michael Bassano, and to see him in the pages of MARYKNOLL magazine is always a delight. He is the same...
