In this issue of Maryknoll, we examine how cuts to U.S. foreign aid have impacted a major AIDS relief program launched decades ago in Kenya by Maryknoll missioners, while in another article, we visit an AIDS hospice started by Maryknoll sisters that provides care and shelter to patients in Guatemala.
We continue our coverage of immigration with a look at the Church’s clear opposition to mass deportation and the mistreatment of migrants. We meet the latest group of Maryknoll lay missioners, accompany young adults on a pilgrimage to Rome, and share other mission stories from around the world.
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.
|| By Margaret Gaughan Maryknoll’s nine newest lay missioners begin their journeys overseas Like parents the world over, Peter and Melissa Altman want what’s best for their children. That’s why the couple from Long Beach, N.Y., say they are taking their son, Eli, 7, and daughter Evey, 3, to...
|| By Edward M. Dougherty, M.M. Maryknoll Superior General reflects on how two popes to be canonized this spring have influenced his life Few people ever get the chance to travel with a saint. I did! In September 1988 I was in the contingent of international church people and journalists that...
|| By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M., Photos by Rosemarie Milazzo, M.M. A Maryknoll Sister joins other Christians in peacemaking in Iraqi Kurdistan After decades of missionary work in Tanzania and Kenya, Maryknoll Sister Rosemarie Milazzo feels called to a new mission: building peace with an ecumenical...
|| By Lynn F. Monahan When Maryknoll Father Joseph Thaler started helping workers in the brick factories outside of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, young women were regularly being lured out of the brickyards and trafficked into the sex trade in neighboring India. “Nepal is a country where a lot...
|| By Lynn F. Monahan A Maryknoll priest helps bring healthcare and education to Nepal’s brickworks Kathmandu is a city of brick. From the houses and shops of the Nepali capital’s sprawling neighborhoods to the extensive temples of its classical period, the city is a vast warren of earthen hues...
|| Stories & photos by Sean Sprague Two Maryknoll Sister-doctors dispense medical care and compassion in Guatemala It’s Monday and half the town seems to be lined up outside the Maryknoll clinic in Catarina, in Guatemala's San Marcos province. In a country where skilled health services are...
|| By Michael (Max) Etter Michael (Max) Etter, a native of St. Rose, Ill., who attends Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., wrote the following reflection after spending 10 days last summer in El Salvador with Friends Across Borders, a mission immersion experience sponsored by the Maryknoll Lay...
|| By Rick Dixon, MKLM A California native describes a typical day in his life as a missioner in El Salvador As the sun rises here in El Salvador, where I am serving as a Maryknoll lay missioner, I’m already late. It’s six o’clock; I’m supposed to be up at 5:30. Too much fried yucca last night and...
|| By Chad Ribordy Former lay missioner reverses mission by sending volunteers to Kansas City Two vans pulled into a low-income neighborhood in Kansas City, Mo., filled with volunteers about to engage in a weeklong service trip. The neighborhood’s residents were used to seeing volunteers arrive on...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
The Synod 2021-2024 has entered the continental stage, with regional representatives gathering in Rome to move the consultation forward.
Pope Francis encourages 6,000 students and teachers to emulate Saint John XXIII and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. by seeking peace.
Nine months after the Russian invasion began, Pope Francis tells the Ukrainian people, “I carry you in my heart and in my prayers.”
Advent reflections offered by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns center on nonviolence and the hope it brings to our troubled world.
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, says he will use what he has learned during his border ministry in his new role.
Archbishop in Brazil announces that the cause for canonization of Dom Hélder Câmara has moved forward in Rome.
Maryknoll Father Larry Lewis reflects on the unconventional kingship of Jesus and the readings for the Feast of Christ the King.
At the COP27 United Nations climate conference, Catholic leaders urge sharing of resources and consensus-building for global solutions.
El Salvador’s purge of gang members, a campaign launched last spring, has swept up innocent people, especially adolescent and teenage boys.
A Fordham University report shows that global poverty is rising, erasing recent gains, with developing countries crippled by climate change.
An association of Catholic business leaders will curtail price gouging by setting a cap on prices during the Christmas shopping season.
A Maryknoll lay missioner serving deaf and hearing students reflects on signs and the Mass readings for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Catholic leaders at the COP27 conference call for wealthy countries to compensate poor nations for loss and damage due to climate change.
U.S. and Mexican clergy concelebrate Mass at the Rio Grande, remembering especially migrants who died while attempting to cross the border.
|| By Betty Ann Maheu, M.M. The fourth in our series of spirituality columns for 2014 reflecting...
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.
I am a retired critical care nurse. One evening I had a patient who had had a very severe heart attack, and his life ebbed away. I knew this man as I'd had him as a patient many times before. That evening he was extremely agitated, and I suspected fearful, as his...
On Aug. 6, the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration, in which, as the Gospel tells us, in the presence of three disciples, Jesus’ face shone like the sun and his clothes became white...
