# Maryknoll Lay Missioners: Helping to build a more just and compassionate world > We are lay missioners working with those at the margins for a more just, compassionate and sustainable world in the Maryknoll spirit\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Profile \- Louise Locke](https://mklm.org/our-people/missioners/profile-louise-locke/): Louise Locke Maryknoll bio - [Leadership and Staff](https://mklm.org/our-people/leadership-and-staff/): Maryknoll Lay Missioners staff page - [Apply Now Africa](https://mklm.org/apply/apply-now-africa/) - [International Membership: Africa](https://mklm.org/international-membership-africa/) - [Webinars and Discernment Events](https://mklm.org/apply/webinars-and-discernment-events/): The webinar shares key information about Maryknoll Lay Missioners and helps you determine whether this is a good time for you to join\. ## Posts - [Meet Ernesti the Carpenter ](https://mklm.org/pastoral-care/meet-ernesti-the-carpenter/): A humble carpenter sets the tone in a Tanzanian retreat house\. Meet Ernesti and the impact he has on visitors and lay missioners alike\. - [Bread of Life](https://mklm.org/education/bread-of-life/): From bustling basketball courts to quiet daily rhythm at Lake House of Prayer, Stephen and Loyce Veryser’s ministry in Tanzania bridges the physical and the spiritual\. This fall, as they celebrate new beginnings—a completed basketball court, a renewed retreat center—they remind us that faith, like sport, flourishes through community, perseverance, and grace\. - [The Many Ways We Accompany: Faithful Responses to Migration](https://mklm.org/mklm/the-many-ways-we-accompany-faithful-responses-to-migration/): The Maryknoll Monarch Initiative recently held a hybrid event presenting migration not as a policy issue, but a social issue\. - [Joy is a Choice](https://mklm.org/tanzania/joy-is-a-choice/): Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Joanne Miya, reflects on the privilege she has witnessing joy in numerous encounters while in Tanzania\. - [Wonders of Creation](https://mklm.org/cambodia/wonders-of-creation/): Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Hang Tran, shares the story of two Cambodian brothers who found each other and as strangers became one family\. ## Categories - [Home Featured](https://mklm.org/category/home-featured/) - [Justice \& Peace](https://mklm.org/category/justice-peace/) - [Education](https://mklm.org/category/education/) - [MKLM](https://mklm.org/category/mklm/) - [Tanzania](https://mklm.org/category/tanzania/) ## Tags - [missioner newsletter](https://mklm.org/tag/missioner-newsletter/) - [Mwanza](https://mklm.org/tag/mwanza/) - [El Paso](https://mklm.org/tag/el-paso/) - [Gabe Hurrish](https://mklm.org/tag/gabe-hurrish/) - [scripture](https://mklm.org/tag/scripture/) ## Categories - [Main](https://mklm.org/layout_category/main/) ## Type - [layout](https://mklm.org/layout_type/layout/) - [section](https://mklm.org/layout_type/section/) - [row](https://mklm.org/layout_type/row/) - [module](https://mklm.org/layout_type/module/) ## Module Width - [regular](https://mklm.org/module_width/regular/) ## Scope - [not\_global](https://mklm.org/scope/not_global/) - [global](https://mklm.org/scope/global/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://mklm.org/sitemap_index.xml)