At the U.S./Mexico border, Catholic organizations assist Venezuelans expelled under the controversial public health measure Title 42.
Maryknoll Magazine Fall 2026
Welcome to the Fall magazine — our vocations issue. Father Victor Mutobera, Maryknoll’s newest priest, graces our cover. In an interview, ordaining prelate Bishop Joseph Perry reflects that mission is intrinsic to the priesthood. Maryknoll Father Lo Xuan Dam, serving in Japan, is an example.
Readers will also find in this issue stories about other Maryknoll vocations: a brother at the Society Center, a sister who served in East Timor, a family in Tanzania and an affiliate in Guatemala. As Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey writes, “Let us celebrate mission.”
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.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Lay Missioners To Receive Spirit of Mission Award
Returned lay missioners Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello will be honored with the Bishop McCarthy Award on World Mission Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.
We Need Each Other: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner serving in Tanzania reflects on cooperation and interdependence in the Mass readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Asian Bishops Urged to Be ‘Relevant and Responsive’
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai tells the Asian Bishops’ Conferences they should follow the model of CELAM in Latin America.
Nicaraguans in Exile Tell of President Ortega’s Abuses
Now settled in Indiannapolis, Nicaraguan families who fled their country because of repression by Daniel Ortega’s administration speak about their ordeals.
Catholic Relief Services Launches Climate Change Campaign
As famine and drought due to climate change devastate communities in poor countries, Catholic Relief Services raises aid and awareness.
DACA Ruling Should Push Congress to Act, Say Advocates
DACA continues to be on hold after a recent court ruling, leaving undocumented young people's...
Healing Our Wounds: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil who works in a ministry of healing reflects on the Mass readings for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Catholics Both Minister and Advocate in Brazil’s Prisons
Pastoral projects serve inmates while also protesting dismal conditions and endemic insecurity in mainly for-profit prisons.
Immigration Conference Outlines Multiple Challenges
Annual conference at Georgetown University draws experts who agree on one thing: the U.S. faces multiple significant immigration challenges.
Pope Tells Putin: Stop the War!
During his Angelus message, Pope Francis directly implored Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to immediately cease the war against Ukraine.
God’s Vision for Us: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll sister reflects on the abyss between reality and God’s vision of abundant life for us in the Mass readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Maryknoll Sister Helps Navajo Deal with Effects of Uranium Fallout
Maryknoll Sister Rose Marie Cecchini has spent 26 years serving in Gallup, New Mexico, such as in a solar energy project for Navajo families.
Typhoon Hits the Philippines, Heads toward Vietnam
Having struck the Philippines, where Caritas is leading relief efforts, Typhoon Noru is now headed toward Vietnam.
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.
MISSIONER TALES
After four months of language school in Guatemala, I offered to take the Sunday Masses so one of the local pastors could have a vacation. Before leaving, he explained that after Mass some people might come for medicine from the little dispensary attached to the...
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