Cover Spring 2026

Maryknoll Magazine Summer 2026

We begin this issue of Maryknoll magazine with a prayer for peace around the world, especially the Middle East. We include a joint statement from the joint Maryknoll leadership of priests, brothers, sisters and lay people calling for the cessation of the Iran conflict.
 
Our coverage features stories about missioners serving in Asia, Africa and Latin America and accompanying immigrants here at home. This issue includes the prayer of consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We also profile Maryknoll Seminarian Victor Mutobera in light of his upcoming ordination.

FEATURED STORIES

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 Right to Dream

A Right to Dream

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,...

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Constructing the  Kingdom

Constructing the Kingdom

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...

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Helping South Sudanese to See

Helping South Sudanese to See

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...

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Speaking in Solidarity

|| 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...

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Lessons for LIFE

Lessons for LIFE

|| 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...

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Making NOISE For The Kingdom

Making NOISE For The Kingdom

|| By Gabriela Romeri New York youth give life to Pope Francis’ words when they come together to share time and talents Pope Francis, speaking to 500 youth on a pilgrimage to Rome last August, told them: “Make the future with beauty, with goodness and truth. … Have courage. Go forward. Make...

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Winning a LIFE

Winning a LIFE

|| By Margaret Gaughan For one winner, the Maryknoll essay contest gives an intangible award Winning first place in the 1996 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest was more than an honor for J.J. O’Connor. It was the catalyst that helped him turn a personal tragedy into a steppingstone to service....

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CULTIVATING the future in the HIMALAYAS

CULTIVATING the future in the HIMALAYAS

|| By Lynn F. Monahan; Photos by Sean Sprague With snow-capped Himalayan peaks towering overhead, Maryknoll Father Joseph Thaler leaves the village of Melamchi-Gyang and begins a three-day, 25-mile hike to visit other mountain villages of Nepal. From an altitude of more than 8,000 feet, the...

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A Library of HOPE

A Library of HOPE

Story and photos by Rick Dixon, MKLM Books open the world to children in a poverty-stricken neighborhood in El Salvador Nine-year-old Karla picked up the Spanish edition of The Rainbow Fish and the Blue Whale. She examined bright colors of sea fauna, water and bubbles, ran her fingers across the...

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NEWS

Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.

Seeing the Lord: a Maryknoll Reflection

Seeing the Lord: a Maryknoll Reflection

A Maryknoll sister who served in Chile and Sudan reflects on “seeing the Lord” in the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter and in our own lives of service.

PHOTO MEDITATION

Spirituality

Prayer for Vocations

MISSIONER TALES

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.

Tales From Myanmar, El Salvador and Haiti

Tales From Myanmar, El Salvador and Haiti

Missioner Tales, July & August 2016 Veronica Calleman is a member of the Catholic community I serve in the U.N. camp at Malakal, South Sudan. When fighting among different ethnic groups erupted in the camp this past February, Veronica decided to flee from the area...

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ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT

World Watch

Fasting for Mother Earth

Fasting for Mother Earth

Almost one year ago, Pope Francis changed the world when he published Laudato Si’, his letter on the environment. In it, he says that human activity is mostly to blame for global climate change, and...

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Readers’ Responses

CENTERSPREAD

Centerspread Spring 2026