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’
Catholic Spirit features Maria Montello’s ministry in Cambodia
“Maryknoll missionary takes faith, desire to serve to Cambodia.”
A Prayer of Desmond Tutu
‘Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. …’
Restoring justice, serving homeless people
Joanne Blaney gives an update on her restorative-justice and homeless ministries in São Paulo.
Learning from the magi’s journey to the margins
‘We must find the way to go to the peripheries to find Jesus in the poor, the homeless, the refugees, the forsaken.’
Our 2021 Christmas video
Have yourself a merry global Christmas — video featuring lay missioners and their communities around the world.
‘It is not over’
Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ 2021 Christmas message
Every-child-is-my-child family values
How might our lives be transformed if we saw ourselves as one global family — auntie, grandpa, sibling to one another?
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.
No hands but yours
Mexican American teacher Letty Macías joins Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ efforts to welcome migrants and refugees in El Paso.
A tender life — Mark Lopiir, RIP
A young South Sudanese with developmental disabilities met an untimely death. He will be missed by many.
Math, movement and the mutuality of mission
Teaching deaf high-school students in Tanzania math and capoeira brings new insights into the mutuality of mission.
El Paso’s welcoming communities
Coralis Salvador’s Dec. 2021 newsletter: Día de los Muertos, intentional community and Santa at the shelter.
Companions on the journey
Julie Lawler’s Dec. 2021 newsletter on saying yes to sharing life in mission
Reflecting on 15 years with Maryknoll
John O’Donoghue’s Dec. 2021 newsletter with updates from his ministry in Cochabamba
Called to walk together
Larry Parr’s December 2021 newsletter: Inspired by Salvadoran youth ‘giving back.’
‘Here I am. Send me’
Remarks by Robert Ellsberg at Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Sending Ceremony, Dec. 11, 2021
Celebrating hope and anticipation
Kathy Bond and Flávio Rocha’s ministries in João Pessoa are transitioning back to in-person.
Walk with us in solidarity
Ann Greig’s Dec 2021 newsletter from the Soy Program in El Salvador.
Who is my neighbor?
Hang Tran’s December 2021 newsletter: Welcoming and integrating a new resident at Home of Hope
Humility, resourcefulness and compassion
In their December 2021 newsletter, Kevin and Marilyn McDonough share what Bahati, Nyasatu and the shoe repair man are teaching them.
At the border, Posadas is every day
Answering the call to provide a safe haven for migrants and asylum seekers at the border
Teaching with love in the Andes
Minh Nguyen mentors indigenous students, helping them stay in the countryside of Bolivia.
Class of 2021 Covenant and Sending
Watch the livestream of this year’s Covenant and Sending celebrations for Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Class of 2021.
How Maryknollers minister at the border
Maryknoll lay missioners, sisters, and priests and brothers respond to the needs of migrants and communities at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Two Uzima Centre heroes
Grateful for amazing people like Gaudensia and Rosamistika
Pleased to be back in Kenya
Russ Brine is building financial management capacities of a diocese’s accountants and program managers
Álvaro and Karen’s wait
Advent is a reminder to us that many are waiting for us to express our solidarity.
Prayer to Our Lady of Maryknoll
Dear Mary, walk beside us.
Computer lab brings new educational opportunities
Vulnerable children in the HOPE Project in Mombasa, Kenya, now have better educational resources for learning.
Meet Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Class of 2021
Introducing the 13 new Maryknoll lay missioner candidates of the Class of 2021.
To Be a Prophetic Church
Inspired by a recent visit to the U.S./Mexico border, Ted Miles reflects on the need for a prophetic church today.
Our approach to mission
Genuine sharing and deep listening distinguish the Maryknoll approach to mission in El Salvador.
Compassion in mission
In this video, Minh Nguyen shares a story and reflection on the centrality of compassion in mission.
Halloween and loving one’s neighbor
Both Halloween and mission are an opportunity to try something new and go on a journey for a time (scripture reflection for Oct. 31, 2021)
2021 World Mission Sunday Celebration
Video of prayer service, including 2021 Bishop McCarthy Award honoring Marty Roers
Marty Roers receives 2021 Bishop McCarthy Award
Returned missioner continues his commitment to mission and global justice
Class of 1981 reconnects after 40 years
40-year reunion confirms, ‘Joining Maryknoll changed the whole trajectory of our lives’
Called to a mission of compassion
Ted Miles reflects on compassion at the heart of mission (Oct 2021 ‘Ted’s Talk’).
A new roof for Liberato
… and a renewed appreciation for a global community that makes a difference in a small Andean village in Bolivia.
Met a messenger lately?
Accompanying Cambodians through key life events taught Hang Tran the importance of steadfastness in adversity.
Musoma mission updates
Business plans, graduations and hopeful first steps at St. Justin’s, the Musoma diocese and the IHSA sisters
‘Back to where I started’
17 years after first teaching math at a Tanzanian high school, Steve Veryser returns to help educate deaf students there.
Accompaniment in good times and bad
For Larry Parr, accompaniment is one of the most important parts of his ministry in El Salvador.
In-person border immersion program starts up again
Coralis Salvador’s ministry update: Encuentro Project is back up and running.
Encounters while volunteering at the border
A returned missioner reflects on volunteering at the El Paso – Ciudad de Juárez border
The miracle of accompaniment
Tanzanian center accompanies those living with HIV/AIDS, working to lighten their burden and allowing them to ‘live positively.’
Lessons in servant leadership
Living our faith as Christians is not about power but about service to others (scripture reflection for Sept. 19, 2021).
September 2021 update from South Sudan
Violence, hunger and crime are on the rise 10 years after South Sudan’s independence
New beginnings at the border
Debbie Northern is starting her new ministries in border immersion and migrant services in El Paso.
Starting a delayed new school year in Kenya
HOPE Project in Mombasa begins education support for a new group of orphans and other vulnerable children.
Skills workshops for income generation continue
Soy project in El Salvador trains women in new entrepreneurial skills for the informal market.
