Always a Missioner
Returned missioners continue lives of mission
Mission doesn’t end for our lay missioners when they return home. The global vision gained during their years with Maryknoll Lay Missioners infuses the rest of their lives, and many continue to work for positive transformation here in the U.S. and abroad, using their talents, skills, and experience to better the lives of others. In fact, we believe that once a missioner, always a missioner.
Podcast spotlights Maryknoll missioners Anita and Curt Klueg’s years in Kenya
Anita and Curt Klueg, who served in Kenya with Maryknoll Lay Missioners alongside their two daughters, are featured in a recent episode of the “1 Christian 1 Topic” podcast. The couple discusses their ministries with children and families, the challenges of raising a family overseas, and the lasting impact of their mission experience on their lives back in the United States.
Radical welcome: Spirit of Mission Award goes to Celine and Don Woznica for migrant ministry
Returned Maryknoll lay missioners Don and Celine Woznica mobilized their suburban Chicago community to create a hub of hospitality for thousands of migrants—offering food, clothing, housing support, and accompaniment. Their lifelong commitment to mission and justice is now being honored with the 2025 Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award.
Maryknoll Lay Missioners featured in Living City magazine
Maryknoll Lay Missioners made the cover of a special issue on migration, published by Focolare Media. MKLM communications manager Jennifer Tomshack reports on the work of current and returned missioners, including Bill Hallerman and Linda Savio (Venezuela 1986-1990), at the U.S.-Mexico border.
‘Mission Sprouts Hope’
On Feb. 2 Maryknoll Lay Missioners held a virtual panel discussion with young missioners and people who were children in mission with their parents. The event is the third in a series celebrating our 50th anniversary this year.
Old roots, new shoots
Maryknoll lay missioners were commissioned to serve in Bolivia and East Africa during a Sending Ceremony in Ossining, New York on Dec. 7, 2024.
Maryknoll Lay Missioners featured by Pilgrim Center of Hope
Maryknoll Lay Missioners was featured on the podcast of Pilgrim Center of Hope, a Catholic evangelization ministry based in San Antonio, Texas. The “Journeys of Hope” weekly audio broadcast & podcast program interviewed James and Betty Keller, returned Maryknoll lay missioners (Mexico 1989-1996), and Daniel Lizárraga, Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ mission services manager.
A return to mission
Starting in 1987, Marj Humphrey served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in East Africa for 20 years. Upon her return to the United States, she served on Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ board of directors, then as director of missions for six years until she retired. 2025 marks her return from retirement—and to mission in her beloved East Africa.
Catholic Worker features Maryknoll lay missioner Marj Humphrey
The website of the global Catholic Worker Movement (CatholicWorker.org) and its email newsletter Roundtable featured Maryknoll lay missioner Marj Humphrey and her upcoming return to mission to East Africa.
Nashville Catholic covers presentation of 2024 McCarthy Award
Nashville Catholic, the publication of the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, covered the presentation of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ 2024 Bishop McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award to Josie and Frank Cuda on Oct. 27, 2024 at the Cudas’ parish, Catholic Church of the Nativity in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee.
