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.
‘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.
Traveling on the path of nonviolence
Violence is ubiquitous in El Salvador, but love shows another way.
The work of nonviolence starts with each of us
Rather than look the other way, we must enter into challenging situations with love and compassion.
Pray, listen and follow God’s call
Julie Lawler in Cambodia reflects on the need to retreat and re-center on God’s call.
Learning nonviolent ways in Tanzania
Creating a nonviolent world can start with paying attention to what we say to each other.
Listening to the voice of creation
Peg Vámosy and her Salvadoran parish group promote sustainable agriculture and environmental awareness.
From Venezuela’s mountains to Capitol Hill
Lisa Sullivan brings her agroecology experience to her new job as MOGC’s Faith, Economy and Ecology director.
One family’s struggles
HOPE Project’s education support gives young people a chance for a better future.
Faith, hope and charity in South Sudan
Amidst so many problems, things happen to restore one’s faith in the goodness of people.
Happy 47th/28th anniversary!
To Richard Gatjens, working for Maryknoll Lay Missioners is an ‘opportunity to do good.’
‘God’s mission has a church’
We must keep our sight, our resources and our hearts focused on this mission, which is God in the world today.
Great is thy faithfulness
Jill Foster in Haiti reflects on the power of faith as the ‘realization of what is hoped for.’
‘We need mission right here!’
Appealing for mission both in the U.S. and abroad
Because there are no throwaway people
Care for God’s creation by supporting lay missioners’ environmental and sustainability work
‘Falling in love decides everything’
A celebration of Gerry Lee’s remarkable life, overflowing love, hope-filled activism and generosity of spirit.
Exquisite grace — and bucking the system
Rest in peace, Gerry Lee, long-time Maryknoll lay missioner and national leader in social-justice advocacy
Learning something new every day
Starting in my ministry of teaching auto mechanics and math
Remembering Brother John Beeching, MM
Lay missioners remember Maryknoll Brother John Beeching for sharing his overflowing love of God — and the world.
Re-imagining mission
The mission assembly process allowed God’s imagination to move us into a new vision of mission for the 21st century (July 2022 ‘Ted’s Talk’).
Maryknoll Lay Missioners commits to new focus on nonviolence
‘Expanded Assembly’ updates the organization’s mission, vision, values and focus for ‘mission at the margins’ in the 21st century
‘Go and do likewise’
Maryknoll missioners inspire others to be ‘good Samaritans’ to their own neighbors.
Price hikes, drought and a threat of famine
There is not much to celebrate on South Sudan’s independence day.
As COVID continues, new missioners begin their ministries
John O’Donoghue’s Summer 2022 mission update
Living in and from the heart of Jesus
We come to know Jesus’ heart by entering into relationships with people who are marginalized in their communities.
Set for success
Steve Veryser discovers a unique slice of Tanzanian life — professional volleyball — by reconnecting with a former neighbor.
New Salvadoran reality threatens ‘inclusion’
El Salvador’s state of emergency is especially hard on young people from marginalized communities.
Living Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ core values
Joanne Miya on simple living, community, joy, inclusion and humility,
Let your light shine
A young Cambodian with physical and developmental challenges shines and becomes a role model for others.
Seeking community
How Julie Lawler lives and experiences community with her mission team, colleagues and deaf students.
The downs and ups of starting in mission
Struggles and enthusiasm as new addiction recovery support services begin where there have been close to none
Letting the rain make things beautiful
If only we notice it, the joy and beauty already present in the world can lift us up when we most need it.
Practice living with joy
Jill Foster observes that in Haiti, joy is all the more beautiful as it shines through the suffering,
Get me to the church on time
‘Good counsel’ and the kindness of strangers get Joe Loney to his parish mission talk in New Jersey.
New paths of solidarity
A state of emergency, planning the transfer of the soy project and making soy milk at home
Addressing housing needs and food insecurity
Now in their ninth year as lay missioners in El Salvador, Melissa and Pete Altman are shifting their ministry focus,
Climate-forced displacement in East Africa
At Jesuit Refugee Service in Nairobi, Kenya, Dee Dungy witnesses the growing impact of climate change.
The hands of a life
The most important thing in accompanying elders is to acknowledge them with love, respect them and listen intently to what they have to say.
Gratitude, in spite of it all
What Kenyans can teach us about persevering in the midst of great hardships
Reconnecting with nature
Kathy Bond and Flávio Rocha’s retreats facilitate holistic health and help people respond to the environmental crisis.
A Toposa student’s success story
Emmanuel Napuon recounts how he overcame the obstacles in his path to getting an education.
‘Come, Holy Spirit, renew the face of the earth’
Maryknoll lay missioners witness to the Spirit who is unsatisfied with structures that oppress and acts to create a new world order.
‘A kink in the hose’
Debbie Northern shares observations from the border on the ‘crisis of immigration’
‘Working together to live out the Gospel’
Coralis Salvador’s summer 2022 update from her border ministries
