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.
CNS covers new Maryknoll Lay Missioners award
Catholic News Service on new Bishop McCarthy Award
Joanne Blaney featured by USCMA
In its Encounter newsletter, the US Catholic Mission Association has published a feature on Joanne...
Joanne Blaney: On a Mission to Restore Justice
Joanne Blaney discusses her work at the Popular Education and Human Rights Center in São Paulo.
Catholic News Service story on Larry Parr
Catholic News Service featured Larry Parr's ministry in El Salvador. The April 3, 2019 article was...
Fr. Charlie Dittmeier featured in La Croix International
Father Charlie Dittmeier, a diocesan priest and member of Maryknoll Lay Missioners, was featured...
Aim high: From flying missions to living mission
Air Force Academy alums’ magazine features Marilyn Kott
Salvadoran TV features lay missioner’s soy project
Last year Maryknoll lay missioner Ann Greig was interviewed on Salvadoran TV about her innovative...
National Catholic Reporter covers Sending
The National Catholic Reporter's Peter Feuerherd reported on the Dec. 8, 2018 Sending Ceremony in...
CNS on the Class of 2018 and its Sending
Read Catholic News Service's coverage of the Sending Ceremony and Maryknoll Lay Missioners' new...
‘Maryknoll, miracles and medicine’
The Catholic Post, the diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, features Susan...
13 new Maryknoll missioners to be sent forth
Dec. 8 Sending Ceremony to launch 12 Maryknoll Lay Missioners and one Maryknoll Sister on their overseas missions
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on the Migrant Caravan
All four branches of Maryknoll call on U.S. leaders to 'respond with compassion and dignity worthy...
MKLM in National Catholic Reporter
Loan assistance programs help post-grad volunteers during years of service Maryknoll Lay Missioner...
MKLM in El Salvador – Rick Dixon
Jean Donovan’s Guitar This past December, Maryknoll Lay Missioner Debbie Northern (working at our...
MKLM in Tanzania
Greetings from Mwanza! The kids started a new school year at Isamilo International School in...
MKLM in Bolivia – Teresa Villaruz
Teresa Villaruz Bolivia – December 2017 “Hold Me” Greetings y’all! I officially just completed a...
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
Who is my neighbor?
Judy Walter introduces some of her neighbors at the Lake House of Prayer in Mwanza, Tanzania.
‘God will repay you’
Maryknoll Lay Missioners project makes a profound difference in the lives of increasingly isolated older people in the Andes
James Havey to receive ‘Emerging Leaders’ award
On April 27, 2022, a returned lay missioner is honored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network for his social justice leadership.
Hannah’s education journey
A young woman in remote South Sudan shares the story of her education journey and the many obstacles she had to overcome.
Harmony Prayer
Give me, O Lord, the courage to build peace with all people.
Paso a paso — restoring hope with small things
Buenos dias and a smile — It’s through doing the small things that we can make a difference (a Lenten reflection)
Love one another
The friendships and interactions among these youth can be both challenging and genuine and down-to-earth — a mirror for a reflection on love.
My first couple months in Tanzania
I have learned these past two months what it means to adapt, transform and apply.
Thank you, Dr. Paul Farmer!
Paul Farmer’s death last week reminded Marj Humphrey of the significant impact he had on her and her Kenyan clinic.
Extending a hand of hospitality to newly arrived Afghan refugees
A returned Maryknoll lay missioner draws upon his experience and ability in working with refugees from Afghanistan.
‘But what about Eli?’
Melissa Altman reflects on ‘blindly’ embracing the adventure of mission within family life
Passing the baton in mission
After almost 40 years in mission, Ann Greig is preparing a transition for her Salvadoran Soy Program to new leadership.
Now in the final stretch of our time in Musoma
Continuing to teach financial management skills and to accompany children living with disabilities.
Lenten lessons in vulnerability
Louise Locke joins a street ministry in Cochabamba and reflects on vulnerability as the ‘birthplace of love.’
Revamped program for teens launched
Uzima Centre provides a safe place for teens to process their often difficult experiences and to prepare for a healthy and happy future.
Why mission matters
Saying ‘yes’ to being ‘all in’ in responding to God’s invitation
Forever Friends
Haitian program brings senior residents and elementary students together for joint activities.
Meet Magophie
This Women of Color (March 1) and International Women’s Day (March 8), we celebrate Roseline Magophie, the manager of a henhouse project in Haiti.
‘Undocumented’ in El Salvador
Young people in El Salvador who have no birth certificates face many obstacles and need help accessing education.
Opening our eyes to our brothers and sisters in need
New missioner is learning much about resilience and faith from the people she is getting to know in Kenya.
Ethan’s story
Seeing students like Ethan excel is what makes everything we do at HOPE Project worth it.
‘How are we being prophetic?’
Coralis Salvador witnesses transformative experiences at the border.
Overcoming our hesitancy to confront racism
Christ invites us to enter into courageous conversations marked by deep listening (Feb. 2022 ‘Ted’s Talk’)
Obstacles and joys at the border
Weathering the ebbs and flows of migration and accompanying migrants at the border.
Thanks be to God
In this scripture reflection, returned Maryknoll lay missioner Michael Leen shares what he has learned from Tanzanians’ trust in God.
An encounter with a stranger
A chance encounter during an overnight stay in a clinic reminds Gabe Hurrish why mission matters.
Celebrating Brazil’s Children’s Day
A day of fun and games in a São Paulo favela.
Working for human rights and human dignity at the border
What’s the meaning of our work at the border?
¡Adelante compañero! ¡Presente!
An appreciation of Father Tom Henehan from former Maryknoll Lay Missioners executive director Sam Stanton and Cecilia Espinoza.
