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.
Reflection on Pope Francis' whirlwind visit to three U.S. cities As any of the millions of people who turned out to encounter Pope Francis during his recent visit to the United States can attest, it is no task for the faint of heart. Miles-long security checkpoints, hour upon hour of waiting,...
Maryknoll Sister who served the poorest people brings their concerns to the United Nations When Sister Claris Zwareva, a nurse who was born in Zimbabwe, joined the Maryknoll Sisters in 1984, her dream was to serve the poor beyond her own borders. Today she is more than fulfilling that dream as the...
An ex-Marine recounts inspiration of Maryknoll priest killed in Vietnam War In the midst of the mortal maelstrom that is war, amid the terror of battle, the deafening din of mortar fire, the incessant bursts of rifles, machine guns and grenade launchers, and the roar of helicopter rotors, a...
Maryknoll lay missioner dedicates her life to feeding the hungry Before I got to know Maryknoll Lay Missioner Ann Greig, I was a little afraid of her. Tall and wiry, with a no-nonsense demeanor, Ann reminded me of a scary, John the Baptist sort of prophet, who must surely live on locusts in the...
In a visit to Harlem, Pope Francis gives hope to an immigrant youth soccer team When Pope Francis paid a visit to the immigrants and students gathered at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in Harlem this past September, an unplanned and little noticed thing occurred. Amid the cameras and throngs,...
Maryknoll Father works to create capitalism with a conscience Constructing the Kingdom of God here on earth takes dedicated builders. “Most people are afraid to do this kind of work,” says Maryknoll Father Joseph La Mar of his ministry, promoting corporate social responsibility. “You just have to...
Missioner establishes eye clinic in a country where three out of four people lack healthcare Two years ago Maryknoll Father John Barth saw a group of people in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, treating patients’ eye infections under a tree with no equipment but a flashlight, two chairs and some...
|| By Mary Vertucci, M.M. The kidnapping of some 300 Nigerian schoolgirls in April by Islamic extremists opposing education for women struck a chord with young Maasai women at the Emusoi Centre in Arusha, Tanzania, where I am director. They too fight an uphill battle for education in a pastoralist...
|| By Victor Maqque Maryknoll Affiliate from Peru tells how a well-known theologian has influenced him The stories of the Bible seemed like mysterious tales that were disconnected from the reality of Macusani, the village in Puno, Peru, where I grew up. That is, until Catholics here heard about...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Homeland Security announces the end of the Trump-era policy known as “Remain in Mexico” that kept...
By Sister Mary Ellen Manz, M.M. Sunday, August 14, 2022 Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalms 40:2, 3,...
Bishops in Africa express “pain” at seeing young people migrate to lives of uncertainty.
Gangs in Haiti are responsible for nearly four kidnappings a day in 2022 and violence that killed more than 200 and forced 3,000 to flee their homes during July alone.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on Salvadoran crackdown on gangs that sweeps up the righteous along with the wicked.
Bishop critical of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega because of its repression is under virtual house arrest.
Reflecting on the Sunday Mass readings, a Maryknoll lay missioner gives witness to the faith of the community where she serves in Haiti.
Peacemaker and activist Tom Cornell, co-founder of Pax Christi USA and the Catholic Peace Fellowship, dies at 88.
The Biden administration plan to fill gaps in the border wall draws rebuke from residents, immigration organizations and political opponents.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of HIV in many areas, but leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old AIDS pandemic.
As part of a “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada to apologize to First Nations people, Pope Francis prays at a lake known for healing waters.
A Maryknoll sister prioritizes humanity’s kinship over material gain in light of the Mass readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize in person, on the land, to First Nations people for the trauma inflicted in residential schools.
Kidnappings and murders of Catholic priests in Nigeria have escalated in recent months as criminals increasingly target communities of faith.
The second in our 2016 spirituality series celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy. From my...
Ken Eppes, a Maryknoll Society mission educator in Dallas, Texas, introduces a dedicated Partner in Mission from the Lone Star State. When...
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.
Reading another mother’s Mercy Moment in the May/June MARYKNOLL magazine about the compassion she experienced when her son was injured in an accident moved me to share my own Mercy Moment. In May 2013 I got a phone call that my son, Mark, had been in an accident in...
Since the summer of 2014, when the surge in migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador began to overwhelm the U.S. Border Patrol and immigration courts, the United States has incarcerated...
SPIRIT OF MERCY I thought the January/February issue of Maryknoll magazine on "Mercy in Mission" was very good. I know that Maryknoll has been experiencing some ongoing angst over the past 40...
