Why Maryknoll Lay Missioners?

Are you longing to …

Live your Faith through Action

Build bridges of global solidarity

Be transformed and  Inspire others

Join Us!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Work with others to address issues that affect people across the globe (such as immigration, climate change, food scarcity, and conflict).
• Join local partners in striving for positive transformation.
• Live in solidarity with people experiencing poverty or marginalization.
• Offer your skills and experience as resources to address issues in your mission country.
• Build the capacity of local communities to address their own problems.

GROW PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY 

• Challenge yourself to move beyond your comfort zone.
• Forge deep relationships with people from different national, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
• Learn a new language (or move toward greater fluency in one you already know).
• Gain the international experience, cultural competence, and global vision that are prized in today’s diverse workplaces.
• Grow in areas such as flexibility, resilience, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

LIVE YOUR FAITH

• Live a life of purpose, aligned with your faith and values.
• Join a faith-based community rooted in the Catholic tradition.
• Engage in regular prayer and reflection.
• Deepen your spirituality by learning from the wisdom of other cultures’ religious practices.
• Practice living simply.

BENEFIT FROM MARYKNOLL’S EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT

• Become one of the more than 700 lay missioners who have been part of Maryknoll over the years.
• Join a diverse group of missioners that includes single people, couples, and families with children–and that welcomes people of all ages.
• Rely on our extensive support that includes a small stipend, health care, and the guidance of a local team at your mission site.
• Find your place in a wide variety of ministries including health care, education and leadership development, peace and justice initiatives, pastoral care, and sustainable development.
• Consider the benefits of being part of one of the few mission organizations that gives laity a range of options, from a 2.5  or 3.5 year contract, to the possibility of renewing or even making global mission a life-long vocation.

Ready to answer the call?

Join a global mission of faith, hope, and justice.

Become a Maryknoll Lay Missioner.