Together we send forth missioners of hope
Your support makes historic moments possible—like sending forth new missioners from El Salvador to serve in Bolivia. Because of you, hope is crossing borders and reaching communities most in need.
Podcast spotlights Maryknoll missioners Anita and Curt Klueg’s years in Kenya
Anita and Curt Klueg, who served in Kenya with Maryknoll Lay Missioners alongside their two daughters, are featured in a recent episode of the “1 Christian 1 Topic” podcast. The couple discusses their ministries with children and families, the challenges of raising a family overseas, and the lasting impact of their mission experience on their lives back in the United States.
Jubilee marks a new horizon for mission
Executive Director Elvira Ramirez reflects on Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Golden Jubilee celebration. Drawing on the themes and voices of the Jubilee gathering, Elvira invites us to join in honoring the past while embracing the vision of a promising future rooted in faith, community, and God’s enduring presence.
Maryknoll Magazine: Holy ground in Kitale
Maryknoll lay missioner Theresa Glaser follows her calling to Kenya, where she serves as a teacher for children at risk of homelessness.
Celebrating the life of Sam Stanton
Sam Stanton (Class of 1985) served Maryknoll Lay Missioners in many different capacities for more than 33 years, including 10 years as executive director. During his 13 years as a lay missioner in southern Chile he worked in social and rural development and headed up Catholic Social Services in the Diocese of Linares.
National Catholic Reporter: 50 years on, Maryknoll lay missioners celebrate lives changed by service
Maryknoll lay missioners from across the globe were invigorated by messages of hope during a weekend gathering in Ossining, New York, that culminated a yearlong 50th anniversary celebration.
OSV News: Maryknoll Lay Missioners mark 50 years doing ‘a world of good for a world in need’
In an era of conflict and division, it’s an intriguing and empowering invitation: “Do a world of good for a world in need.” It comes from the Maryknoll Lay Missioners — a Catholic mission-sending community that tirelessly spreads a message of nonviolence through “prevention, intervention, reconciliation, and the restoration of all creation.”
From chalkboard to keyboard
When Theresa Glaser arrived in Kenya as a Maryknoll lay missioner, she longed to serve the “poorest of the poor.” At St. John Bosco Rehabilitation Center, where vulnerable children prepare for formal schooling, Theresa found her calling not just in witnessing poverty, but in changing futures. By helping equip a computer lab and printer station, she’s helped lift both students and teachers from the margins of the digital world into a space of opportunity and hope.
Hunger in Kenya’s breadbasket
In Kitale, Kenya—an area known as the country’s breadbasket—abundant maize fields stretch to the horizon. Yet hunger persists in nearby villages, where families walk miles asking for food. Missioner Kathy Flatoff joins the Daughters of Charity in their tireless work to feed the poorest of the poor through a small but vital nutrition program. Amid scarcity, rising costs, and heartbreaking choices, their ministry offers a glimpse of God’s presence among those who suffer most.
Smiling in the face of adversity
When tragedy left Lucy a widow with three children, no income, and eventually homeless, hope seemed out of reach. But through the compassionate outreach of missioner Rich Tarro and the HOPE Project, her family found support—food, school fees, and most of all, dignity. Rich shares how mission is less about solving the world’s problems and more about meeting Jesus in others and bringing light to those walking in darkness.
Radical welcome: Spirit of Mission Award goes to Celine and Don Woznica for migrant ministry
Returned Maryknoll lay missioners Don and Celine Woznica mobilized their suburban Chicago community to create a hub of hospitality for thousands of migrants—offering food, clothing, housing support, and accompaniment. Their lifelong commitment to mission and justice is now being honored with the 2025 Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award.
Vision magazine profiled Sr. Deirdre Griffin, Maryknoll lay missioner at the border
Sr. Deirdre Griffin, an immigration lawyer in El Paso who accompanies asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, was featured in the latest issue of the publication of the National Religious Vocation Conference, highlighting her deep commitment to justice and human dignity.
FaithND reflection by Notre Dame alum highlights Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ work in El Paso
In a recent FaithND Gospel reflection, Notre Dame alumnus James Luk recounts his time with Maryknoll Lay Missioners in El Paso, where he witnessed the power of faith lived out through daily service to migrants at the border.
Mango tree cathedrals: Healing, justice, and hope in Northern Uganda
In the quiet shade of mango trees across Northern Uganda, Maryknoll lay missioners Marj Humphrey and Joanne Blaney met with parish leaders, teachers, and refugees who are putting lessons of healing, nonviolence, and restorative justice into practice. From remote village churches to camps along the South Sudan border, these open-air gatherings have become places of listening, courage, and renewal. Here, amid deep scars of conflict and loss, communities are finding new ways to mend relationships and move forward—together.
Reverse tabletop pose
Hang Tran finds inspiration in the physical exercises modeled by two young men with disabilities.
‘To help others is from the heart’
Steve Veryser on his Lenten resolution and recent developments at the school where he teaches.
Making the world more peaceful, one student at a time
A deaf staff member is a role model for DDP students
Fleeing Sudan’s war to South Sudan
Dee Dungy sees the consequences of the war in Sudan among the refugees and returnees in neighboring South Sudan.
The Salvadoran ‘hill of beans’
In times of rising prices and food insecurity, the Soy Nutrition Program is a reliable source of support for 200-plus families
Standing up for migrants
As the state of Texas increases its draconian measures against migrants, Coralis Salvador fights for their rights.
‘We stand with Annunciation House’
A Maryknoll statement in support of Annunciation House
‘A new vessel’
Immigration attorney Sr. Deirdre Griffin now assists migrants at Annunciation House shelters with legal support services.
Working in schools to end violence
Kathy Bond and Flávio Rocha continue to lead holistic health trainings and retreats in new settings
Helping families with savings and loan groups
Addressing financial insecurity with expanded entrepreneurial opportunities
‘Did I do everything I could to love people today?’
Sarah Bueter reflects on her ‘empty-handedness’ as an opportunity to love.
Knowledge is power
For Salha’s parents and other families of children with disabilities, education is key.
The global challenge to combat climate change
Lisa Sullivan reports on her experience at COP 28, last December’s UN climate change conference in Dubai.
Nurturing beauty in the mess of this world
Rich Tarro recounts the obstacles and struggles for one Kenyan family — and how HOPE Project is helping.
Where we came from and where we are going
Elvira Ramirez takes stock of this moment in MKLM history and looks ahead to the future.
Juan Arturo and the real meaning of sacrifice
Our Lenten sacrifices pale in comparison to the sacrifices made by children with severe disabilities and their families
Maryknoll statement on border policies
As Congress debates new immigration restrictions, Maryknoll missioners working at the border call for policies that welcome migrants.
God’s love and mercy in action
Your Lenten gift for Maryknoll Lay Missioners supports actions of compassion and mercy around the world.
A peaceful warrior
Spiritual lessons from a Maasai warrior barista
‘Martyrs or fools’?
Almost 50 years ago, lay missioner John Gauker died with Maryknoll Father Bill Woods in a plane crash orchestrated by the Guatemalan Army.
‘Permanently in a state of mission’
Gabe Hurrish reflects on his six years in mission in South Sudan.
Parish twinning builds bridges of solidarity
One good way to extend mission efforts of solidarity before and after returning home is through the joyful exchange of parish twinning.
Stones that talk
Ohio Maryknoll Affiliates encounter the children of Oasis del Niño in Mexicali.
Intercessory prayers for nonviolence
That we might become people of Gospel nonviolence, who allow God to disarm our hearts of the violence within us.
Converted to new ways of understanding God
What the magi — and missioners — learn from encountering Christ in the poor.
‘God’s trumpet’
A journey in the footsteps of St. Hildegard in the Rhineland
My second year in mission
Josh Wetmore reflects on the new challenges and his expanding ministries of the past year.
Nominations for the Bishop McCarthy Award
Help Maryknoll Lay Missioners honor a returned missioner who exemplifies the “spirit of mission.”
Still at it after all these years
Pat Denevan and Mary Gill reflect on their experiences with all four expressions of Maryknoll
In step with a Higher Power in Kenya
Megan Hamilton’s ministry in Kenya helps people get and stay sober.
‘Dream on’
Maryknoll lay missioners are sent to serve in Kenya, El Salvador and Cambodia.
2023 Christmas video
Christmas greetings and reflections on nonviolence from Maryknoll lay missioners around the world.
Darkness to light
Hang Tran writes about mourning the loved one of a colleague and about receiving healing from an unexpected source.
‘Where is the peace and joy?’
In South Sudan’s rural parishes, people celebrate Christmas with an all-night vigil.
Keeping hope alive
In her work at migrant shelters, Coralis Salvador takes special care of children, many of whom experienced trauma on their journeys north.
50 years in mission
Looking back at their journey, Kathy Bond marks 30 years and Flávio Rocha 20 as missioners in Brazil.
‘In the name of heaven, I ask of you shelter, …’
Looking toward 2024, food insecurity will continue to be the principal challenge for too many families in Salvadoran communities.
‘Unless you become like children, …’
Edwin and Elmer taught me to appreciate and revel in the joy and beauty of an inclusive moment.
Miracle on Carretera Petrolera
Louise Locke recounts a ‘Christmas miracle’ and an acute water shortage.
‘Always a missioner’
After 24 years as a Maryknoll lay missioner — in Tanzania, El Salvador, on staff and at the border — Debbie Northern bids farewell.
So this is Christmas?
Despite today’s wars, there is hope and light when good people come together for a just cause.
Cherishing the gift of family
A Christmas prayer for all of us to make space for God to enter into our families, our work and our lives.
Needs and joys at St. Justin’s
This Christmas, Jaclyn Geyer asks for support for Tanzanian children living with disabilities.
OSV News covers 2023 McCarthy Award
A report on Angel Mortel’s award presentation at Dolores Mission in L.A.
Live in hope, peace, joy and love this Christmas
Julie Lawler on everyday Cambodian reminders of how we are called to live this Advent, Christmas and all year long.
Humbled and grateful this Advent
Donors’ support has helped to complete a water project and made progress on a basketball court.
The call to be an intercultural missioner
Father Lance Nadeau talks to Maryknoll Lay Missioners about seeing our shared humanity in others.
Peace, joy and poverty
Bob Cunningham on spending Christmas with the poor Jesus
Advent dreamers
The season of Advent calls us to live in the space of hope and expectation while also being awake to the pain and suffering in the world.
Lessons from Isa & Maryam, Jamila & Michael
Christmas is different in Tanzania, and Tanzanian Muslims’ reverence for Jesus and Mary can help us find common ground.
