
We need our 2020 vision
‘I don’t want to forget 2020. We needed this horrible, awful year to finally see clearly again.’

Giving thanks in a difficult year
A New Year’s prayer embracing both new life and painful loss

Down on our hands and knees
This Martin Luther King’s Birthday, let us strive for the ‘beloved community’ — especially during this time of polarization (January 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)

10 good things we learned in 2020
Before we say ‘good riddance’ to a horrible year, let’s reflect on the valuable lessons it still managed to impart.

‘Bold hopes’ for the new year
Members of the Monte San Juan Parish community in El Salvador state their hopes for 2021

Call Beatrice the midwife
At the Kuron Health Clinic in remote South Sudan, Beatrice delivers babies—and hope

Walk Together, Children
A journey with ValLimar and Frank Jansen and Greg Walton to the communities around the world where Maryknoll Lay Missioners serve.

Watch our Advent celebration of hope
A video recording of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ joyful evening with ValLimar Jansen, Br. Mickey McGrath, Greg Walton and missioners and their communities around the world

‘For we have been called to heal wounds…’
After 19 years in Kenya, Coralis Salvador has relocated to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she continues to work as a ‘Good Samaritan’ to vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers

Working for peace abroad and in the U.S.
Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello recently returned from six years of peace-building in Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Greetings from the Soy Program
Their faith and resiliency will help Salvadorans endure the current challenges and make progress in the new year.

Vũ Quốc Hiệp và Thanh Vân. Tháng 12 2020.
Hiệp và Vân mong gì trong Mùa Vọng ở Bolivia?

Our hopes and prayers this Advent
Hiep and Tawny’s December 2020 newsletter

Moments of hope
During this difficult year, small encounters of hope have helped us through

We need our 2020 vision
‘I don’t want to forget 2020. We needed this horrible, awful year to finally see clearly again.’

Giving thanks in a difficult year
A New Year’s prayer embracing both new life and painful loss

Down on our hands and knees
This Martin Luther King’s Birthday, let us strive for the ‘beloved community’ — especially during this time of polarization (January 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)

10 good things we learned in 2020
Before we say ‘good riddance’ to a horrible year, let’s reflect on the valuable lessons it still managed to impart.

‘Bold hopes’ for the new year
Members of the Monte San Juan Parish community in El Salvador state their hopes for 2021

Call Beatrice the midwife
At the Kuron Health Clinic in remote South Sudan, Beatrice delivers babies—and hope

Walk Together, Children
A journey with ValLimar and Frank Jansen and Greg Walton to the communities around the world where Maryknoll Lay Missioners serve.

Watch our Advent celebration of hope
A video recording of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ joyful evening with ValLimar Jansen, Br. Mickey McGrath, Greg Walton and missioners and their communities around the world

‘For we have been called to heal wounds…’
After 19 years in Kenya, Coralis Salvador has relocated to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she continues to work as a ‘Good Samaritan’ to vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers

Working for peace abroad and in the U.S.
Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello recently returned from six years of peace-building in Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Greetings from the Soy Program
Their faith and resiliency will help Salvadorans endure the current challenges and make progress in the new year.

Vũ Quốc Hiệp và Thanh Vân. Tháng 12 2020.
Hiệp và Vân mong gì trong Mùa Vọng ở Bolivia?

Our hopes and prayers this Advent
Hiep and Tawny’s December 2020 newsletter

Moments of hope
During this difficult year, small encounters of hope have helped us through

The desks are on their way
December 2020 update from the Veryser family

The children of Bangla
When it comes to playing, children living in poverty know how to be creative.

Cochabamba communication
Emergency food distribution, ministry adjustments during COVID and a new president

Messages of hope from the Deaf community
Modeling inclusive communication and sharing the struggle and hope for a better tomorrow

Thanksgiving in a time of pandemic and flooding
Our relief efforts in the wake of the recent typhoons

Christmas greetings from El Paso
We strive to ease the migrants’ hardships and give them a caring transition moment before they embark on their new lives in the U.S.

Advent greetings from the northeast of Brazil
Ministry in times of COVID-19 has brought new opportunities for us in the midst of challenging times.

‘Where are you, Jesus?’
My lament … and Jesus’ answer

Light in the darkness
In our seemingly bleak world today, the light still is and will always be with us. (December 2020 ‘Ted’s Talk’)

Restorative justice in Brazil’s court system
Joanne Blaney helps to implement a UN-sponsored effort to reform Brazil’s justice system

Honoring George Floyd on 38th & Chicago
Greg Darr and his family visit the site of the killing of George Floyd and vow to combat racism.

Back in Musoma, with renewed hope
Kevin and Marilyn’s December 2020 newsletter

Hope comes first at Uzima Centre
Joanne Miya finds hope alive among the clients of Uzima Centre.

20 years in mission
My journey from Nairobi to western Kenya to Cambodia

Reflection on thankfulness
I am profoundly grateful for all those within my community that God has brought forth to challenge and transform me.

Welding education and hope for a better future
Overcoming many obstacles, Jackson is building a better future through education and vocational training.

‘When are the gringos coming?’
Actively hoping for a better world

Father and son
Mike Garr shares how he became more than a teacher.

Notes for Thanksgiving
Acknowledging Native American history and spirituality this Thanksgiving

Strong together, united with love
Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme’s year-end video project lifts community’s spirit

Called to justice
What does it mean to “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God” today?

Catholic News Service story features Melissa Altman
CNS highlights Maryknoll lay missioner’s work in El Salvador and the legacy of the four martyred U.S. church women

‘Like mother, like daughter’
The injustices we saw up close in Brazil have shaped our family’s resolve to commit our lives to changing unjust structures.

Lay missioners’ reflections on racism
Members of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ anti-racism task force reflect on racism

What being an election judge taught me
Working for five long days at the polls has restored my hope for our ability to come together as a nation.

Missioners in El Salvador reflect on martyred church women
40 years after the brutal murder of four U.S. church women, Maryknoll lay missioners reflect on their legacy.

Gratitude arises from (and inspires) gladness and generosity
May this unusual Thanksgiving take us to the ones who most need us (November 2020 ‘Ted’s Talk’)

We urgently need your help!
The pandemic has presented us with unprecedented challenges

Jean Donovan, lay missioner martyred in 1980
40 years after her martyrdom, Jean Donovan’s example continues to inspire.

Planning for a just, equitable vaccine distribution
World leaders, including Pope Francis, are calling for just and equitable distribution of any future COVID-19 vaccine.

Joe and Linda Michon receive 2020 Bishop McCarthy Award
Returned missioners continue to help migrants and promote fair trade.

‘Why Not Be Friends?’
Maria Montello publishes second children’s book

An American in Kuron Peace Village
Gabe Hurrish begins his new ministry in a model village in a remote part of South Sudan

‘Back where we are supposed to be now’
Missioners are happily returning to their ministries in Musoma, Tanzania

Virtual Global Prayer Service on World Mission Sunday
Recording of Oct. 18, 2020 prayer service

Empowering deaf people in Cambodia
Outreach by the Deaf Development Programme into rural villages changes the lives of many