A milestone worth celebrating For several years, Maryknoll Lay Missioners reflected on what reaching 50 years of mission would mean. For those who have shaped our history, lived the experience, and been transformed by the life of mission, it is impossible to capture...
Sami Scott Area Director, The Americas Sami joined the Maryknoll Lay Missioners in 1996 where she first served in Venezuela. There, Sami started a community food cooperative, worked with youth in a music ministry and did pastoral outreach in the rural areas. In 2008,...
…Bortvedt Estrada, a returned Maryknoll lay missioner (Cambodia, 2013-2017). Attendees asked questions of the panelists. The panelists were: Abby Belt (returned Maryknoll lay missioner – Haiti, 2018-2022) Thomas Gould (son…
…is some support for it in Haitian history. The 1805 constitution declared that from that point forward, all Haitians would be known as “black.” So: Haitian = black; non-Haitian =…
…Good News of God’s vision to a suffering world. We can all agree that no one should live in violence and fear. Not in El Salvador, not in Haiti, not…
…easy to cross!” I work with migrants who have left their homes in Uganda, Senegal, Venezuela, Haiti and much of Central and South America. No one leaves their home, their…
In this March 27 webinar, Maryknoll lay missioner Sami Scott, who has been serving in Haiti for the past five and a half years, talks about her work in Haiti,…
…one people. During the very same time of this Friends Across Boarders trip, the situation in Haiti grew increasingly violent and uncertain for the Haitian people — and for Sami…
…we are heartbroken to be leaving Haiti behind. We had come to love Haiti — the beauty of the country and of its people — and we mourn the loss…
Returned Missioner News – Page 2 Cortney Freshwater completes Appalachian Trail November 2023: Cortney Freshwater (Class of 2018 – Bolivia) writes: “On Sept. 12, I finished my thru hike of the Appalachian Trail. My journey began in March 2023 at the...
Christmas greetings and reflections on nonviolence from Heidi Cerneka and MKLM Executive Director Elvira Ramirez at the U.S.-Mexico border, Gabe Hurrish in South Sudan, Susan Silveus in Haiti and Joanne Blaney in Brazil. CHRISTMAS GIFT TO MARYKNOLL LAY MISSIONERS MORE...
