Spring 2020 issue of Voices of Compassion
Cover story features lay missioners combating climate change
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Heidi Cerneka quoted in Buzzfeed
On the perils for older detainees in ICE custody.
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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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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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Paulo, presente: Gratitude to an essential worker
Joanne Blaney shares the story of a member of her base community.
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Salim’s family and the struggle for survival
For poor but resilient families in Mombasa, Kenya, finding enough food to make it through the pandemic presents an enormous challenge.
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Following Jesus means being ‘all in’
Father Bill Vos reflects on 'laying down one's life' for others in global mission
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What does a meal mean to you?
Running a food ministry during the COVID-19 lockdown gave Juan Gomez a new perspective on a plate of food.
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A listener and a healer
On any given Saturday, Agustín is on the soccer field or on his patio, sharing with and mentoring the community's kids.
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An outpouring of solidarity in doubly harsh times
Communities in El Salvador are rallying to respond to COVID-19 and Tropical Storm Amanda
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Advocating for refugees in East Africa
At Jesuit Refugee Service in Nairobi, Dee Dungy speaks up for Sudanese, Somali and Ugandan refugees
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‘Great joy and relief’ at Supreme Court upholding DACA
Maryknoll urges continuing work toward permanent solution for 'Dreamers'
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A Father’s Day reflection
What God the Father can teach us about the vocation of fatherhood
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Learning from the masters of resilience
How does the human spirit remain hopeful when suffering seems to have no end?
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Home of Hope welcomes the ‘least of these’
Missionaries of Charity home in rural Cambodia responds to new challenges during COVID-19.
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A call for anti-racist transformation
Official statement by Maryknoll Sisters, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners
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What Ederson de Jesus taught me
A young Brazilian man's life and death are a window into Brazil's inequality and systemic racism.
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Turning walls into bridges
Today’s Maryknoll presence at the U.S.-Mexico border continues the legacy of hope built by a previous team that worked there from 1995 until 2009.
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Missioner doctors in rural Tanzania
A video featuring physicians Anne Berry and George Stablein talking about their experiences as Maryknoll lay missioners in Tanzania
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U.S. border closure is ‘inhumane, immoral, illegal and ineffective’
Heidi Cerneka on the May 12 decision by the U.S. government to close the door on asylum seekers indefinitely.
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We’ve no salt left
A poem for George Floyd, for Ahmaud Arbery and for all — by a fed-up millennial
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Making do during unpredictable times
While teaching during the COVID-19 crisis, returned missioner Steve Pohl applies what he learned in Bolivia from wrestling with shortages, grief, sudden changes, and the need to improvise.
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Celebrating an unusual Ramadan
‘Breaking the fast’ and ‘feeding the hungry’ take on new meaning during COVID-19
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Danos Hoy Nuestro Pan de Cada Día
A medida que la cuarentena de Bolivia afecta más a las personas sin hogar, Juan Gómez y Cortney Freshwater están proporcionando comidas diarias.
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Online classes and food emergencies in São Paulo
Margarita Duran continues to teach immigrant children and encounters food insecurity in one of the main epicenters of the pandemic.
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HOPE Project helps families with emergency food
In Mombasa, Kenya, the pandemic is putting many additional pressures on families surviving day by day.
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Hope is abundant
Steve Veryser reflects on his discernment into mission and how God 'caught' him.
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‘Meet a Missioner Monday’ weekly interviews
Karen Bortvedt Estrada interviews lay missioners every Monday at 11 am EDT.
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Feeding the family
Vocational school in Mombasa rallies to support its students and families during the COVID-19 crisis
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‘Everything is connected’
A reflection for Laudato Si' Week (May 16-24, 2020) from El Salvador
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Missioners together
COVID-19 is separating people from their families—an occupational hazard familiar to all missioners
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‘Being a missioner in a time of pandemic’
Recording of the April 29, 2020 live panel presentation with three Maryknoll lay missioners
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Give us this day our daily bread
As Bolivia's quarantine hits those who are homeless the hardest, Juan Gomez and Cortney Freshwater are providing daily meals.
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How East African nations are grappling with COVID-19
An analysis by Susan Nagele for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
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This Mother’s Day, ‘do not let your hearts be troubled’
Tawny Thanh reflects on the readings for this Fifth Sunday of Easter, Mother's Day
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Combating gender-based violence in Tanzania
Video interview with Liz Mach on protecting girls from female genital mutilation, child marriage and other forms of gender-based violence
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Celebrating the Day of the Cross in El Salvador
Do it right, or the devil will come and dance in your home!
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Waiting out COVID-19 restrictions in South Sudan’s Peace Village
Stranded in a remote area of South Sudan, Gabe Hurrish encounters the Toposa people.
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Protecting Tanzanian girls from abuse
Liz Mach helps Tanzanian diocese fight female genital mutilation, child marriage and other gender-based violence.
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Missioners make many masks
Lay missioners in the Tanzania region have been helping prepare for COVID-19 through several initiatives that sew protective face masks.
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Heidi Cerneka rings alarm about detained migrants’ COVID-19 risk
Two of her clients released from ICE custody after lawsuit
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Lessons from the good Toposa shepherds
Fourth Sunday of Easter: Susan Nagele preaches on the Good Shepherd.
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Detained migrants at great risk of COVID-19
Immigration attorney Heidi Cerneka urges release of nonviolent detained migrants
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Finding God’s presence in the simple moments
Board member Anita Klueg offers a video meditation for these COVID-19 times
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Quarantine quandaries
Rick Dixon worries about civil rights during El Salvador's state of emergency and reflects on the unsatiated eucharistic hunger in his parish.
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A letter from João Pessoa, Brazil
Missioner family adjusts to sheltering-in-place by moving ministries online
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‘Were not our hearts burning within us?’
Becca Muder reflects on the 'Road to Emmaus' story
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‘COVID-2050’: A threat to take seriously
An Earth Day 2020 reflection: What if we took environmental destruction as seriously as COVID-19?
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What’s the next right step?
A report on the 'Discerning Through Service' retreat at the U.S.-Mexico border
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Spring 2020 issue of Voices of Compassion
Cover story features lay missioners combating climate change
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A seat at the table
Board member Bob Carlsen has felt the pull of the Maryknoll spirit since grade school.
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Millennials in mission
Five Maryknollers reflect on what it's like to be a young adult lay missioner
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Praise be to you! — Laudato si’
A prayer of commitment to our covenant with creation
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Combating climate change
Maryknoll lay missioners accompany the most affected, teach sustainable practices and raise awareness
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