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’
Catholic Spirit features Maria Montello’s ministry in Cambodia
“Maryknoll missionary takes faith, desire to serve to Cambodia.”
Karen Bortvedt on ‘Among the People’ podcast
Karen Bortvedt talks about her lay mission service in Cambodia and her current work for Maryknoll Lay Missioners.
Lay missioner nurse shares her story
Kathy Flatoff tells Catholic Life magazine how 33 years after first applying to Maryknoll, she became a lay missioner in Kenya.
Called to build bridges
This Pentecost, let us trust the Holy Spirit will indeed travel on the bridges we build. (May 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Kwa heri: My farewell letter from Mombasa
Mike Garr spent three and half years as a Maryknoll lay missioner serving in vocational education in Kenya.
Responding to COVID-19 food insecurity in São Paulo
At São Paulo’s Street Network Project, lay missioners help those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.
Three missioners featured in St. Louis Review
Vicki Simon, Becca Muder, and Heidi Cerneka, three Maryknoll lay missioners who call St. Louis...
Giving peace
Jesus modeled for us the way: to lose ourselves in love and live for the whole of the beloved community — “to mercy our world.”
Walk With Us – The Bill Vos Initiative
New campaign raises funds for Maryknoll Lay Missioners and celebrates Father Bill Vos’ four decades of service in mission.
Women lead the way
Missioners understand the crucial role women play in transforming communities. They share stories of four women leaders who have inspired them.
Peace-building lessons from South Sudan
For decades Maryknoll lay missioners have accompanied communities in South Sudan, as they have struggled to heal their divided nation.
Our farewell letter
More than 20 years after first joining Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Hiep and Tawny are returning home from Bolivia.
Lá thư chia tay của chúng tôi
Sau thời gian dài cầu nguyện, Hiệp và Vân quyết định sẽ về hưu cuối tháng tư năm nay.
‘Blessed are those who have not seen but still believe’
Mary, a woman in the Kenyan slum of Kibera, can teach us how to love the forgotten and unloved in our own lives.
Our Lady of Sorrows
A prayer for our contemporary Easter journey
Remember that you are dust
Jesus’ commandment to wash others’ feet takes on a whole new meaning in dusty South Sudan.
Joy and new life
Sister Janice and Henri Nouwen help us discover the joy of being the brother or sister of all (April 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Promoting justice through shareholder advocacy
Cathy Rowan (Class of 1987) works with Maryknoll Sisters and other groups to bring justice through shareholder advocacy.
Casa Alma: a housing ministry with soul
Returned missioner family started Catholic Worker community in Virginia
#WhyService
Maryknoll lay missioners serving in Africa, Asia and the Americas share why they have chosen a life of service.
Building basketball goals for our school
Thanks to some good teamwork, Jesus-Mary School now has some respectable hoops for basketball.
Migrant advocates want Biden administration to do more
Heidi Cerneka welcomes first ‘harm reductions’ at the border, but urges the new U.S. administration to end Title 42 expulsions.
Maryknoll priest helped UN declare right to water
In honor of World Water Day, March 22, 2021, Flávio José Rocha recounts Maryknoll Father Miguel d’Escoto’s role in the UN’s naming of water as a human right.
Cooperative gives Salvadoran women hope
ACOMUJERZA cooperative, born out of the trauma of war, gives Salvadoran women the opportunity they need to support their children.
A holistic health retreat
Weekend retreat in João Pessoa promoted “Holistic Health in Times of Uncertainty” (Kathy and Flávio’s March 2021 newsletter)
Continuing to ‘get proximate’
Her experiences as a Maryknoll lay missioner physician in Tanzania prepared Anne Berry well for her current studies in community-based medicine.
Women build hope and new life
When the rights of women are fully recognized, society as a whole prospers. (March 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Lifting spirits through rehabilitation therapy
John O’Donoghue accompanies sick and disabled people in the city of Cochabamba.
Still building bridges of solidarity
Lindsay Doucette remains connected to Maryknoll while working to provide medical help to Bolivia, even during the pandemic.
Help us to nurture and empower communities
Your donations enable at-risk students in El Salvador to continue their education through remote learning.
‘Doing something extra’ for Lent
Steve Veryser continues a Lenten practice he learned during high school
A day in my life at the Soy Program
Ann Greig shares her daily routine at her soy nutrition ministry in El Salvador.
Heidi Cerneka in NCR and Jesuits magazine
Publications feature women’s work at the border.
Grace gets news glasses — and preparing to say farewell
Kathy Flatoff reflects on a great Christmas gift — and on her missioner experience of the past three years.
Celebrating our students’ successes
Juan, Mercedes, William and Hazel had to overcome great odds to graduate and pursue their goals.
Educating Fred
HOPE Project helps student achieve his educational goals.
One year in: Reflecting on the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Julie Lawler on using the gifts of the Holy Spirit in her ministry with the Deaf community in Cambodia
Héctor — and Maryknoll project in Bolivia — progress, despite COVID
In the midst of the pandemic, 5-year-old Héctor, who has autism, is making great strides in his development.
Ministry updates from Musoma
Financial management consulting, nursing, wellness and caring for children with disabilities
‘Servant to the guest’ ministries at the border
One year into her service at the U.S.-Mexico border, Coralis Salvador shares experiences from her ministries.
‘Dreaming with others’
In the midst of the pandemic. Uzima Centre manages to make a big difference in its clients’ lives.
Community library provides the means for remote learning
With the help of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ COVID-19 Relief Fund, students in La Esperanza can now participate in remote learning.
Love in the midst of struggling
Returned missioner Sheila Matthews continues a life of service and accompaniment.
Called to cross boundaries
The practice of justice begins when we cross the border separating us from the least of our sisters and brothers (February 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Gardening bears fruit
New sprouts of hope have grown from a garden at a Cambodian home for youth living with disabilities.
What’s next in Haiti?
As Haiti faces another round of violent turmoil, say a prayer for all Haitian mothers.
Highlights from Haiti
Jill Foster, Sami Scott and Abby Belt share updates from their ministries in Gros Morne, Haiti
The chance of seconds
A reflection on the wonder of firsts
Peacebuilding in South Sudan
Romano Longole and the Peace Team of Kuron Peace Village mediate and build peace by addressing cattle raiding and other conflicts and social issues in a remote part of South Sudan.
Bringing people together to create meaningful change
Maryknoll lay missioners continue to prove that a small group of people can make a big difference. With your help, we are reclaiming hope.
We need our 2020 vision
‘I don’t want to forget 2020. We needed this horrible, awful year to finally see clearly again.’
Giving thanks in a difficult year
A New Year’s prayer embracing both new life and painful loss
Down on our hands and knees
This Martin Luther King’s Birthday, let us strive for the ‘beloved community’ — especially during this time of polarization (January 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
