Nominate a Returned Missioner for the Bishop McCarthy Award Help us honor a returned Maryknoll lay missioner who continues to live out their mission vocation, bringing justice, nonviolence, and God’s love to communities here at home. About the Award The Bishop John...
…the Woznicas and their team have served more than 18,000 migrants. But the numbers don’t tell the full story. National Catholic Reporter recently featured the Woznicas’ work and related the…
…Illinois, in a December 2023 photo. Program organizer Celine Woznica is pictured at right. (Courtesy of Migrant Ministry) Returned Maryknoll lay missioners Celine and Don Woznica (Nicaragua & Mexico 1981-1992)…
…the globe and in the Archdiocese of Chicago. This month host Megan Mio sat down with returned Maryknoll lay missioners Celine and Don Woznica, as well as Jennifer Tomshack, communications…
…missioner, my parents were coming to Maryknoll, New York for the first time. Before my parents arrived, I jokingly told one of my lay missioner classmates, Celine Woznica, “When my…
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...
For returned missioner Celine Woznica, ‘border volunteering’ came to her own backyard….
Returned Missioner News – Page 3 Orbis publishes Kathy Osberger book on Chile May 2023: This August, Orbis Books will be publishing Kathleen Osberger’s book I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile’s Dictatorship, 1975. The book, based on her experience as a lay...
Returned Missioner News – Page 6 Liz Mach returns to U.S. after 44 years in Africa November 2020: Liz Mach (Class of 1976 – Tanzania, U.S. and Sudan) writes: “As returned Maryknoll lay missioners, many of you have faced cultural reinsertion into...
Maryknoll Lay Missioners Class of 1981 during their 40-year reunion on Zoom “Joining Maryknoll changed the whole trajectory of my life.” “Maryknoll set me on the path.” “My time with…
Returned Missioner News Returned missioners Celine and Don Woznica featured by National Catholic Reporter May 2025: Returned Maryknoll lay missioners Celine and Don Woznica (Nicaragua & Mexico 1981-1992) were featured by National Catholic Reporter for their...
