Maryknoll Lay Missioners
is a Catholic mission-sending community
committed to nonviolence through
prevention, intervention, reconciliation,
and restoration of all creation.
We are long-term missioners and missioner families
in nine African, Asian, and American countries.
Striving to create an inclusive and anti-racist world,
we live with those most excluded in society
to transform unjust structures together.
We welcome and work with people of all faiths.
The Most Precious Gifts
Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Juan Gomez, reflects on his experiences as a chaplain and in a world full of consumerism, his patients only want life.
Maryknoll Monarch Initiative celebrates their 1st Anniversary
The Maryknoll Monarch Initiative recently celebrated their first anniversary.
Making All Things New
Josh Sisolak reflects on the experiences of the first disciples after the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the similarities he has seen as a Maryknoll lay missioner.
A few dusty shelves. A forgotten room. And a simple idea that grew into a community library.
In this video, recently returned Maryknoll lay missioner Josh Wetmore shares how a small library project in El Salvador became a place of belonging—for children, parents, and students who now have free access to books, stories, and space to learn.
What began as borrowed books has become a cultural and communal space filled with hope.
Watch Josh’s story and see how mission often begins—and why stories matter.
