Education & Leadership Development
Access to education can be a key to individual and community transformation. Our lay missioners teach at all school levels and are engaged in education programs that promote basic literacy, provide vocational skills and train local leaders. Every year lay missioners touch the lives of students of all ages through educational initiatives in both formal and informal venues and with students who range from preschoolers to incarcerated men and women.

Teaching and Educational Resources
Maryknoll lay missioners teach in preschool, primary and secondary schools as well as at universities. We address educational needs from basic literacy to critical thinking and life skills. We also seek to enhance access to education through scholarships, after-school programs, libraries, and resource centers.
Vocational and Skills Training
Lay missioners work in technical schools, in prisons and in community settings offering training that leads to increased economic opportunity, self-sufficiency and important life skills.


Vocational and Skills Training
Lay missioners work in technical schools, in prisons and in community settings offering training that leads to increased economic opportunity, self-sufficiency and important life skills.

Leadership Development
Through training teachers and local leaders, lay missioners help communities create a path forward toward changes that will continue long after the lay missioner leaves.
Our Missioners in Education & Leadership
Featured Stories
Blessings on a washed out, muddy road
What I learned on the road less taken … because the normal one was blocked.
Giving the opportunity to learn
Tawny Thanh and Hiep Vu, recently retired Maryknoll lay missioners, continue to live and volunteer in Bolivia.
‘A time to laugh, a time to weep …’
Mission is not just about the struggle for justice; it’s also about sharing life’s joys and celebrations with the people.