by Marj Humphrey | Jul 25, 2025
In the quiet shade of mango trees across Northern Uganda, Maryknoll lay missioners Marj Humphrey and Joanne Blaney met with parish leaders, teachers, and refugees who are putting lessons of healing, nonviolence, and restorative justice into practice. From remote village churches to camps along the South Sudan border, these open-air gatherings have become places of listening, courage, and renewal. Here, amid deep scars of conflict and loss, communities are finding new ways to mend relationships and move forward—together.
by Marj Humphrey | Jun 23, 2025
In 1995, the massacre in Atiak, Uganda, claimed scores of lives—but unlike tragedies elsewhere, it passed with little notice from the world. Thirty years later, Maryknoll lay missioner Marj Humphrey returns to the place that has haunted her memory, bearing witness to both the scars of the past and the quiet perseverance of those who remain.
by Marj Humphrey | Apr 8, 2025
In a region long haunted by the terror of violence, memories of war—stolen childhoods, ruptured families, and unspeakable loss—underpin daily life in northern Uganda. Yet voices rise—and not in vengeance. Here, survivors and peacemakers gather in quiet circles, daring to believe that healing begins by facing the past with courage and compassion. Missioner Marj Humphrey joins them in restoring dignity and reconciling relationships.
by Marj Humphrey | Dec 1, 2024
Starting in 1987, Marj Humphrey served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in East Africa for 20 years. Upon her return to the United States, she served on Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ board of directors, then as director of missions for six years until she retired. 2025 marks her return from retirement—and to mission in her beloved East Africa.
by Marj Humphrey | Mar 2, 2022
Paul Farmer’s death last week reminded Marj Humphrey of the significant impact he had on her and her Kenyan clinic.
