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.
Gabe Hurrish featured in USCMA’s Encounter newsletter
‘The Holy Spirit is a jolly joker,’ says Gabe.
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’)
10 good things we learned in 2020
Before we say ‘good riddance’ to a horrible year, let’s reflect on the valuable lessons it still managed to impart.
‘Bold hopes’ for the new year
Members of the Monte San Juan Parish community in El Salvador state their hopes for 2021
Call Beatrice the midwife
At the Kuron Health Clinic in remote South Sudan, Beatrice delivers babies—and hope
Walk Together, Children
A journey with ValLimar and Frank Jansen and Greg Walton to the communities around the world where Maryknoll Lay Missioners serve.
Watch our Advent celebration of hope
A video recording of Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ joyful evening with ValLimar Jansen, Br. Mickey McGrath, Greg Walton and missioners and their communities around the world
‘For we have been called to heal wounds…’
After 19 years in Kenya, Coralis Salvador has relocated to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she continues to work as a ‘Good Samaritan’ to vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers
Working for peace abroad and in the U.S.
Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello recently returned from six years of peace-building in Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Greetings from the Soy Program
Their faith and resiliency will help Salvadorans endure the current challenges and make progress in the new year.
Vũ Quốc Hiệp và Thanh Vân. Tháng 12 2020.
Hiệp và Vân mong gì trong Mùa Vọng ở Bolivia?
Our hopes and prayers this Advent
Hiep and Tawny’s December 2020 newsletter
Moments of hope
During this difficult year, small encounters of hope have helped us through
The desks are on their way
December 2020 update from the Veryser family
The children of Bangla
When it comes to playing, children living in poverty know how to be creative.
Cochabamba communication
Emergency food distribution, ministry adjustments during COVID and a new president
Messages of hope from the Deaf community
Modeling inclusive communication and sharing the struggle and hope for a better tomorrow
Thanksgiving in a time of pandemic and flooding
Our relief efforts in the wake of the recent typhoons
Christmas greetings from El Paso
We strive to ease the migrants’ hardships and give them a caring transition moment before they embark on their new lives in the U.S.
Advent greetings from the northeast of Brazil
Ministry in times of COVID-19 has brought new opportunities for us in the midst of challenging times.
‘Where are you, Jesus?’
My lament … and Jesus’ answer
Light in the darkness
In our seemingly bleak world today, the light still is and will always be with us. (December 2020 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Restorative justice in Brazil’s court system
Joanne Blaney helps to implement a UN-sponsored effort to reform Brazil’s justice system
Honoring George Floyd on 38th & Chicago
Greg Darr and his family visit the site of the killing of George Floyd and vow to combat racism.
Back in Musoma, with renewed hope
Kevin and Marilyn’s December 2020 newsletter
Hope comes first at Uzima Centre
Joanne Miya finds hope alive among the clients of Uzima Centre.
20 years in mission
My journey from Nairobi to western Kenya to Cambodia
Reflection on thankfulness
I am profoundly grateful for all those within my community that God has brought forth to challenge and transform me.
Welding education and hope for a better future
Overcoming many obstacles, Jackson is building a better future through education and vocational training.
‘When are the gringos coming?’
Actively hoping for a better world
