Creating a sustaining community
A women’s cooperative started by Maryknoll in Brazil provides support and livelihoods.
‘I bless the rains down in Africa …’
A song — and ruminations and insights while waiting in the market for the storm to pass.
From Easter morning to Easter evening
Journeying together from fear and sadness to joyful hope and deep peace
God never ceases to surprise
A reflection from our outgoing executive director, Ted Miles
‘Take up your cross daily’
Hang Tran finds inspiration in how differently abled persons tackle life’s challenges in Cambodia.
‘What are you drinking?’
Joe Loney invites you to become a partner in serving people living with disabilities in Bolivia.
Remembering God’s love — a prayer
A group of older women and men in El Zaite, El Salvador, gathers and remembers —and prays.
Inclusion leads to belonging
Kim Mazyck on diversity, equity, inclusion — and on reflecting a community, where everyone feels that they belong.
World Water Day and Ramadan
A March 22 reflection from one of our new missioners in Haiti
The struggle for greater racial justice continues
Father Charlie Dittmeier reflects on how his sense of justice was formed by his experiences during the civil rights struggles.
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Role model Raúl
The successes of Salvadoran students and their motivation to help their community give hope for a more inclusive and just world.
A boy on the border
To advocate for a good border policy, we must know the pain and dangers migrants risk on the border.
Getting by with less
A Lenten reflection from Tanzania
Giving the opportunity to learn
Tawny Thanh and Hiep Vu, recently retired Maryknoll lay missioners, continue to live and volunteer in Bolivia.
Accompanying children with disabilities in Tanzania
Jaclyn Geyer reflects on her first year at St. Justin’s Centre for Children with Disabilities in Musoma
Mario’s joy
Do a little dance, in spite of it all — and spread some joy.
Choose your path to joy
Julie Lawler finds that we can choose joy by participating in community and sharing experiences with others.
Armando and the joy of Mickey
Armando’s tragically short life taught Louise Locke about the nature of joy.
Waiting on God
An Advent reflection on lighting the way with Love and choosing to wait on God in person, in service and radical hospitality.
Mission completed in San Ramón, and launching in Zaragoza
Ann Greig and her Soy Project transition to a new base.
Helping persons with disabilities with their livelihoods
Three examples of how missioners help persons with disabilities make strides toward sustainable economic independence
Class of 2022 Covenant and Sending
Watch the recordings of this year’s Covenant and Sending celebrations for Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Class of 2022.
A new cycle in life
Kathy and Flávio’s year-end update from João Pessoa
Joyful celebrations and heart-breaking stories
Coralis celebrates Thanksgiving with homeless and migrant guests and accompanies families at a migrant shelter.
Signs of hope amid the darkness
We tend to focus on the bad news — war, shootings and hatred — but there is joy and hope.
‘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.
Choose joy
If the Tanzanian people have anything to teach us, it’s that joy is a choice.
Whom do we carry?
An Advent reflection from El Salvador
Continuing the mission of St. John Bosco Centre
Russ Brine reports on the 30th anniversary celebration of a Kitale center for street kids that he led a number of years ago.
Creating safe spaces for survivors of gender-based violence
JRS’ Safe Havens provide women refugees and their children with protection, security, solace and tools for healing and education.
Meet Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Class of 2022
Two new families join Maryknoll Lay Missioners and prepare to serve in Haiti and Tanzania.
Joys and ‘Success’
Teachers pool their resources for Success — and for good times and hard times
Education can make all the difference
Rich Tarro draws inspiration from families whose faith-filled lives exemplify trust in God’s loving providence.
It’s all connected: Restorative justice work across Brazil
Joanne Blaney sees profound connections in her restorative-justice work — from São Paulo to the Amazon and other regions of Brazil.
Jean Donovan’s legacy continues
‘Whose heart would be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears and helplessness? Not mine, dear friend, not mine.’ – Jean Donovan
Finding joy in South Sudan
Despite the backbreaking poverty, corruption and violence, South Sudan is not yet finished. Its pockets of joy can still inspire hope.
From harm to healing
A powerful reminder of the transformation of peace — from suffering to healing through the path of compassion
New peer-to-peer fundraising tool
Maryknoll Lay Missioners launches concerted Advent fundraising campaign with easy-to-use, new resource.
Saying Mass for the president
Fr. Charlie recounts an ‘unusual’ Saturday in Phnom Penh.
Bloqueos and other Bolivian road adventures
Joe Loney on what it takes to even just get to his ministry sites.
‘Who are these signs for anyways?’
Steve Veryser reads and ponders a few signs of the times.
CNS reports on McCarthy Award
Catholic News Service story on award recipients Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello
Continuing unrest in Haiti
Jill Foster reports on the blockades and violence in Haiti and their impact on people’s lives.
A day in the life of a saint
Accompanying lay missioners in Bolivia, Elvira Ramirez met many saints.
Standing up to unjust laws
At the U.S.-Mexico border, Debbie Northern reflects on the Christian call to seek justice for all who are oppressed.
We need each other
One thing Joanne Miya has learned working as a lay missioner in Tanzania is that we can’t make it on our own.
On healing and gratitude
Healing is a process, a journey of reintegration
You shall be my witnesses
What Aunt Ron — and Pope Francis — taught me about following Christ in mission (Oct. 2022 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello receive 2022 Bishop McCarthy Award
Dedicated peacebuilders were honored on World Mission Sunday, Oct. 23.
Working for peace among cattle herders
Kuron Peace Village works to prevent, address and mediate the Toposas’ long-running conflicts around cattle-raiding
An unexpected auto mechanic lesson
Francis Wayne adjusts his vocational school’s lesson plan with a practical demonstration.
Finding the way
Lessons from walking the Camino and from the U.S.-Mexico border
Finding hope by admitting defeat
Recovering alcoholic/addict Megan Hamilton takes AA meetings to Mombasa’s mental health hospital.
Building community promotes nonviolence
In an environment of violence and trauma, young Salvadorans find ways to build community and a better future.
The Soy Program prepares to move to Zaragoza
Ann Greig is closing the San Ramón location of her 28-year-old nutritional program and transitions it to new leadership.
‘My life is my message’
Coralis Salvador reports the latest from her work at a migrant shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Brother Snake, Sister Rabbit
At Home of Hope, when a snake appears, a life-giving moment ensues.
A new retreat for young people
Forging new ways of working toward nonviolence and building peace
Passing through many doors
Liz Cunningham reflects on the path that has led her to nonviolence work in El Salvador.
Who are the Lazaruses in your life?
How often do we fail to see and help the poor who are at our gates/doors/borders or in our communities?
Accounting for our stewardship
Flávio José Rocha reflects on Jesus’ teaching to be just and generous stewards of all that God has given to us.
Finding peace in music
Art and music therapy classes bring refugees in Ethiopia new life, encouragement and healing.
Into your hands
O God, take me and plant me like a seed. Plant me deep in your love.
