Missioner Tales, Fall 2023
Missioners share snippets of mission life in South Sudan, El Salvador, Hong Kong and Brazil.
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Tag: Brazil
Hands Extended: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner recalls witnessing Jesus’ extended hands during a mission experience in Brazil as she reflects on Sunday’s Mass readings.
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Church Activists Struggle Against Growing Slavery-Like Labor in Brazil
Brazil’s bishops’ conference works to combat contemporary slavery, which worsened under two past presidents.
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Priests Criticize Violence Against Homeless People in São Paulo
São Paulo authorities have been continually failing to find ways to deal with growing number of homeless people in Brazil said priests.
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Indigenous Immigrants Seek Rights in Brazil
Indigenous immigrants from Venezuela, including the Warao, struggle to establish their rights under Brazil’s governmental policies.
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Church Groups in Brazil Seek to Tackle Child Malnutrition
Brazilian church groups propose ways to meet children’s needs in response to increasing hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
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Brazilian Church Provides Aid to Yanomami, Warns of “Genocide”
The Yanomami people of Brazil face life-threatening levels of starvation and disease, say Church leaders carrying out relief efforts.
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Vatican Advances Hélder Câmara’s Cause
Archbishop in Brazil announces that the cause for canonization of Dom Hélder Câmara has moved forward in Rome.
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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.
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Amazon Catholic Leaders: Indigenous Peoples Must Be Protected
Death of a man who was thought to be the last of his tribe in the Amazon basin raises concerns about disappearance of Indigenous cultures.
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God Comes Knocking: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil reflects on the Mass readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time and asks, “Are we good stewards?”
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Violence against Indigenous Has Surged
A report from the Brazilian bishops’ Indigenous Missionary Council shows that 2021 was a...
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