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.
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,...
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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
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.
A Maryknoll sister reflects about the miracle of Pentecost and the promise of the Holy Spirit in moments of tribulation in life.
In Mexico’s worsening violence against clergy, Augustinian Father Javier García Villafaña, was killed days after an attack on an archbishop.
As Pentecost approaches, celebrated this year on May 28, Pope Francis encourages Christians to spread the Gospel and cites the example of Korean martyr St. Andrew Kim Taegon.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who says “war is a pandemic,” was appointed by the pope to lead a special initiative for peace in Ukraine.
Urging them to abandon nuclear weapons, Pope Francis sends a message to the G7 world leaders gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, May 19-21, 2023.
The third in our 2016 spirituality series on the Jubilee Year of Mercy || [googlefont...
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...
