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.
|| Story and photos by Sean Sprague Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Nairobi, Kenya, enables the deaf to “hear” Amid the joyful strains of a choir dressed in colorful East African robes and ululating dancers gyrating down the aisle of a church in Nairobi, Kenya, the first few rows of the...
|| By Shay Cullen, SSC Orphaned, destitute children in the Philippines face new danger from human traffickers Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning...
|| 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...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Catholic Relief Services helps 100,000 farm families implement sustainable agriculture practices in the region devastated by climate change.
Officials announce that the United States, Colombia and Panama will implement plans to block the Darién Gap as record numbers of migrants risk their lives.
A Maryknoll lay missioner serving in South Sudan reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Easter.
Church leaders call for a return to dialogue after fighting in Sudan leaves nearly 200 dead and the country cut off from humanitarian aid.
During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis honors the memory of martyrs and names seven Missionaries of Charity sisters killed in Yemen in 1998 and 2016.
A new report from the Pew Research Center shows steady trends of loss, with young Latinos less likely to identify as Catholic.
Children are working as part of the agricultural labor force, sometimes enduring long hours and grueling conditions.
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.
For Christians in Nigeria, including a mother with a harrowing story of loss and survival, Jesus’ Cross gives meaning to their everyday suffering.
Pope Francis says sharing the Gospel requires literally “going out” and not just being “keyboard warriors” who argue with others online.
Attacks by Muslim extremists on Christian communities in Nigeria have left scores of casualties during the days leading up to Easter.
During his Easter address, Pope Francis prayed that the joy of Easter would break through “the gloom” of war.
A former superior general of Maryknoll shares a reflection on the Mass readings for Easter Sunday, focusing on Mary Magdalene in the gospel.
Pope Francis compares Holy Week spirituality to spring cleaning and also calls for prayers for mothers who suffer today in our world.
|| 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....
