Returned lay missioner reflects on COVID-19 isolation in Peru
With Peruvian borders closed because of the pandemic, 'an infinite abyss' has opened
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2019 Sending coverage in diocesan publications
Syracuse, Worcester and Hartford dioceses report on new missioners' Sending.
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Texas public radio features Heidi Cerneka on ‘Withholding of Removal’
'If asylum is the gold standard, withholding of removal is the aluminum standard.'
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Watch the 2019 Joint Mission Sending Ceremony
Maryknoll Lay Missioners and Maryknoll Sisters jointly celebrate and officially send forth five new missioners.
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Four new missioners sign the Maryknoll Lay Missioners covenant
Video of Covenant Mass
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Five new Maryknoll missioners to be sent forth
Dec. 14 Sending Ceremony to launch four Maryknoll lay missioners and one Maryknoll sister on their overseas missions.
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Meet the Maryknoll Lay Missioners Class of 2019
7-minute video introducing four new lay missioners who will be going into mission in Cambodia, Haiti and Kenya.
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Maryknoll Symposium on Dorothy Day now available for watching
Robert Ellsberg, Kathleen DeSutter Jordan, Patrick Jordan and Kate Hennessy speak at Dorothy Day gathering at Maryknoll
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Border ministry, Cambodia immersion, volleyball values and more
The Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Voices of Compassion magazine features compelling lay missioner stories
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Maryknoll advocacy office calls withdrawal from climate agreement ‘unconscionable’
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sharply criticizes the U.S. government's Nov. 4 move to formally withdraw from the Paris agreement
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The Belleville Messenger on Heidi Cerneka
Lay missioner 'in the middle of one of the most contentious issues'
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Catholic Spirit features Maria Montello’s ministry in Cambodia
"Maryknoll missionary takes faith, desire to serve to Cambodia."
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Karen Bortvedt on ‘Among the People’ podcast
Karen Bortvedt talks about her lay mission service in Cambodia and her current work for Maryknoll Lay Missioners.
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Lay missioner nurse shares her story
Kathy Flatoff tells Catholic Life magazine how 33 years after first applying to Maryknoll, she became a lay missioner in Kenya.
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Gabe Hurrish featured in USCMA’s Encounter newsletter
'The Holy Spirit is a jolly joker,' says Gabe.
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CNS covers new Maryknoll Lay Missioners award
Catholic News Service on new Bishop McCarthy Award
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Joanne Blaney featured by USCMA
In its Encounter newsletter, the US Catholic Mission Association has published a feature on Joanne...
Joanne Blaney: On a Mission to Restore Justice
Joanne Blaney discusses her work at the Popular Education and Human Rights Center in São Paulo.
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Catholic News Service story on Larry Parr
Catholic News Service featured Larry Parr's ministry in El Salvador. The April 3, 2019 article was...
Fr. Charlie Dittmeier featured in La Croix International
Father Charlie Dittmeier, a diocesan priest and member of Maryknoll Lay Missioners, was featured...
In quarantine in El Salvador
The virus should make us reflect on our connectedness and to re-evaluate global inequity
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Rediscovering the virtue of waiting
Cambodians know how to wait. In this age of COVID-19 interruption, we should learn from them.
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Haiti will likely be hit hard
The country just reported its first COVID-19 cases, and many Haitian people will suffer.
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Immersed in the world, close to the people
40 years after his assassination, the legacy of St. Óscar Arnulfo Romero lives on.
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Fearing the worst if/when COVID-19 arrives in South Sudan
No reported cases—yet—but South Sudan is ill-prepared to handle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus impacting martyrs’ celebrations in El Salvador
With a national quarantine in place, big celebrations of the 40th anniversary of St. Óscar Romero's martyrdom have been canceled.
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Defending the right to water
World Water Day is this Sunday, March 22.
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Returned lay missioner reflects on COVID-19 isolation in Peru
With Peruvian borders closed because of the pandemic, 'an infinite abyss' has opened
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Coronavirus resources
Health, spiritual, family, advocacy and general information for the current pandemic
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Some much-needed ‘Godmother’s advice’
Maria Montello shares life lessons from Cambodia
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Live in the light
A scripture reflection that takes inspiration from El Salvador's martyrs
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Rachel Chung continues work with people living with disabilities
Returned missioner shares lessons she learned in Cambodia.
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Giving thanks for our women leaders
A statement by Maryknoll Lay Missioners in celebration of women on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2020
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A woman at the well today
The courage of the woman at the well lives on in the women Kathy Bond encounters in Brazil today.
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Lessons of forgiveness and perseverance
Valuable lessons taught by James and his three brothers in Mwanza, Tanzania
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Progress toward peace in South Sudan, finally!
Cautious hope and unresolved issues after the recent implementation of a unity government
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Choque, lucha and cariño
11 years after returning to the U.S., Joe Sherman (Class of 2005, Bolivia) helps lead a medical mission trip to his old stomping ground in Bolivia.
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2019 Sending coverage in diocesan publications
Syracuse, Worcester and Hartford dioceses report on new missioners' Sending.
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An Ash Wednesday reflection
Pain and beauty in La Esperanza
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Good signs
Lay missioners team up to open new worlds for two deaf students.
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Choosing to follow the law of love
A scripture reflection on following the law of love
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Mpamba: A story of patience and progress
Providing new opportunities for a Tanzanian child with cerebral palsy
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Leading the skirt dance at Festa Junina
A joyful community celebration brings a favela community closer together.
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‘You are the light of the world’
Letting our inner lights shine will eventually overcome the world's darkness.
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Texas public radio features Heidi Cerneka on ‘Withholding of Removal’
'If asylum is the gold standard, withholding of removal is the aluminum standard.'
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Christ is with us today
In Cambodia, Maria Montello asks how we ready ourselves to recognize Christ in our daily lives.
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Adimo’s story of survival
Twenty years after almost dying from kala-azar, a young man thanks God—and Maryknoll.
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Child’s play of peace
At a World Day of Peace celebration in rival gang territory, children show the way.
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Remembering, celebrating and continuing to bear fruit
In her ministry with the elderly, Cortney Freshwater receives joy and wisdom from her many abuelas.
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Entering into the conversation of mission
Missioner family learns valuable lessons from young people with disabilities.
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Lynn Monahan on ‘Among the People’ podcast
Maryknoll magazine editor talks about his lay mission service in Peru, reporting for Maryknoll and his award-winning novel.
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Music and teaching became a life-long mission
After 43 years of teaching in Catholic schools, returned missioner Tom Hinchen retired last summer.
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Community and youth development in El Salvador
4-minute video: Maryknoll lay missioner helps young people become community leaders.
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At retreat, missioner kids make a quilt and learn about service
The five children of Maryknoll Lay Missioners' Tanzania region make a special Christmas gift for a mom and baby
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An epiphany story
Dan Moriarty remembers his first day in Bolivia 24 years ago
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Summer art
A summer art camp provides fun and guidance to at-risk children in El Salvador.
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New Year’s Mass in a camp for internally displaced South Sudanese
Despite squalor and desperation, 'God is our joy!'
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A welcome ‘tent’ for homeless Salvadorans
Tim Ross' Catholic Worker house helps homeless people put their lives back together
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Good news of great joy
My first Christmas with the Toposa of southern Sudan
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Joy to the world: A global Christmas greeting
Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal, Krismasi Njema, រីករាយ បុណ្យ ណូអែល, Feliz Navidad!
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Promoting sustainable agriculture in El Salvador
Lay missioner Peg Vámosy works with family farmers
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Watch the 2019 Joint Mission Sending Ceremony
Maryknoll Lay Missioners and Maryknoll Sisters jointly celebrate and officially send forth five new missioners.
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Advent birthing—and Baraka will ‘call you later’
Advent and Christmas greetings from the Berry-Stablein missioner family in Tanzania
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Four new missioners sign the Maryknoll Lay Missioners covenant
Video of Covenant Mass
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Five new Maryknoll missioners to be sent forth
Dec. 14 Sending Ceremony to launch four Maryknoll lay missioners and one Maryknoll sister on their overseas missions.
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Meet the Maryknoll Lay Missioners Class of 2019
7-minute video introducing four new lay missioners who will be going into mission in Cambodia, Haiti and Kenya.
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Searching for posada and mourning loss
Celebrating life in a poor community of El Salvador
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Advent calls us to a change of heart
Debbie Northern reflects on the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent.
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Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Young shepherds in Bolivia teach the message of Christmas and the meaning of mission.
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Christmas in Bangla
Lessons from Joselyn's family's Christmas
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