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 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...
|| Story and photos by Sean Sprague Maryknoll Sister nurtures seedlings of hope in Cambodia Tears run down Los Mari's cheeks, but not because she is poor, homeless and HIV-positive. These are bittersweet tears in gratitude for the gift that has come her way through Maryknoll Sister Leonor Montiel...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
On International Women’s Day, leaders take stock of Pope Francis’ changes to give women greater roles in the Church.
As the anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy approaches, Latin American ecclesial leaders discuss the past 10 years under his leadership.
As the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy approaches, the Church takes stock of his dynamic global pastoral leadership.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns shares a reflection on the Transfiguration from its 2023 Lenten series inspired by Laudato Si’.
The dictatorship in Nicaragua bans public enactment in the streets of the traditional Via Crucis or Way of the Cross.
Killed in an act of violence, Bishop David O’Connell is recalled for his dedication to pastoral care in Los Angeles’ poorest parishes.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns shares a reflection from its Lenten Reflection series inspired by Laudato Si’.
As Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Catholic leaders discuss the Church’s response to the crisis.
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his teaching on evangelization and mission, noting that divisions are overcome by the Holy Spirit.
The tiny country of Myanmar has become the world’s second most prolific purveyor of opium, according to a U.N. report.
A returned lay missioner recalls experiences in Tanzania as he reflects on this Sunday’s Mass readings calling listeners to holiness.
The shrine to a priest killed in Guatemala, the first U.S.-born martyr formally recognized by the Church, will be dedicated Feb. 17.
Catholic charity organizations mobilize millions in relief aid for Syria and Turkey after an earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people.
A report referring to global data from a papal foundation compiles names of more than 100 priests and sisters kidnapped or killed last year.
|| By Kathy McNeely The third in our series of spirituality columns for 2014 reflecting on events...
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.
Missioner Tales, March & April 2016 A homily I heard recently reminded me of my ministry with women prisoners in São Paulo, Brazil. The priest shared some wisdom his mother taught him as a young boy. “The grace of God is like rain. We all have a bucket and rain...
|| By Kevin Foy Kevin Foy, associate director of mission education and promotion in the western U.S. region, based in Seattle, Wash., introduces a special Partner in Mission from Washington State....
