In memoriam, Father Tom Henehan, MM
Maryknoll Lay Missioners mourns the death of a great friend and mentor.
13 new lay missioners ‘sent’ into mission
Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ largest class since 2005 will serve in Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Kenya, Tanzania and at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Class of 2021 Covenant and Sending
Watch the livestream of this year’s Covenant and Sending celebrations for Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Class of 2021.
Three missioners featured in St. Louis Review
Vicki Simon, Becca Muder, and Heidi Cerneka, three Maryknoll lay missioners who call St. Louis...
Heidi Cerneka in NCR and Jesuits magazine
Publications feature women’s work at the border.
Catholic News Service story features Melissa Altman
CNS highlights Maryknoll lay missioner’s work in El Salvador and the legacy of the four martyred U.S. church women
Brazilian TV features Kathy Bond’s online workshop
Lay missioner’s teaching of shantala baby massage is highlighted by Com Você program.
Spring 2020 issue of Voices of Compassion
Cover story features lay missioners combating climate change
Heidi Cerneka quoted in Buzzfeed
On the perils for older detainees in ICE custody.
Returned lay missioner reflects on COVID-19 isolation in Peru
With Peruvian borders closed because of the pandemic, ‘an infinite abyss’ has opened
2019 Sending coverage in diocesan publications
Syracuse, Worcester and Hartford dioceses report on new missioners’ Sending.
Texas public radio features Heidi Cerneka on ‘Withholding of Removal’
‘If asylum is the gold standard, withholding of removal is the aluminum standard.’
Watch the 2019 Joint Mission Sending Ceremony
Maryknoll Lay Missioners and Maryknoll Sisters jointly celebrate and officially send forth five new missioners.
Four new missioners sign the Maryknoll Lay Missioners covenant
Video of Covenant Mass
Five new Maryknoll missioners to be sent forth
Dec. 14 Sending Ceremony to launch four Maryknoll lay missioners and one Maryknoll sister on their overseas missions.
Meet the Maryknoll Lay Missioners Class of 2019
7-minute video introducing four new lay missioners who will be going into mission in Cambodia, Haiti and Kenya.
Maryknoll Symposium on Dorothy Day now available for watching
Robert Ellsberg, Kathleen DeSutter Jordan, Patrick Jordan and Kate Hennessy speak at Dorothy Day gathering at Maryknoll
Border ministry, Cambodia immersion, volleyball values and more
The Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Voices of Compassion magazine features compelling lay missioner stories
Maryknoll advocacy office calls withdrawal from climate agreement ‘unconscionable’
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sharply criticizes the U.S. government’s Nov. 4 move to formally withdraw from the Paris agreement
The Belleville Messenger on Heidi Cerneka
Lay missioner ‘in the middle of one of the most contentious issues’
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
My start in mission in Bolivia
Victoria Arce reports on her first five months in Cochabamba
Maryknollers in Motion
A video in honor of World Bicycle Day (June 3)
Turning hope into love … and new houses
A new missioner’s reflection on dignified housing and the value of hope he had taken for granted.
Almost five months in
A teacher’s lament after Uvalde
Radical unity compels solidarity
Pentecost appeal for support of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ border ministries
‘My peace I give to you’
Christ’s resurrection invites us to embrace peace and unity over division.
We too can be ‘Christ-bearers’
Learning from Mary to give of ourselves to others through unrestrained love (May 2022 ‘Ted’s Talk’).
Hope in the midst of violence
A Mass in the chapel of El Salvador’s largest prison points to hope and a path toward reducing violence, restoring dignity and renewing life.
‘Credible fear’
An immigration attorney’s update from just north of the border
Tidbits of Toposa life
Stories of experiences and encounters in and around Kuron Peace Village
Trauma healing in Toposa land
Stories, impacts, challenges and lessons learned at a Kuron Peace Village workshop
Elvira Ramirez appointed Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ new director of mission
Most recently served as executive director of Catholic Charities in Stockton.
Healing, strength and resurrection
Exclaiming resurrection love at a time of profound sorrow and vulnerability (April 2022 ‘Ted’sTalk’)
The Tower of Babel antidote
Learning how to reach out in love — in different languages.
‘Pray for me’
How a stranger helped me encounter God in our mutual vulnerability
