‘We stand with Annunciation House’
Serving meals to migrants at Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas The four branches of the Maryknoll family are all committed to the dignity of each human being and to…
Working in schools to end violence
Lent 2024 newsletter Kathy Bond and Flávio Rocha, Brazil Lenten greetings from João Pessoa! From Kathy: We are excited to be involved in a new initiative that provides holistic health training to reduce violence and anxiety in public schools. Our ministry...
Knowledge is power
Lent 2024 newsletter Anna Johnson, Tanzania The family I’m seeing today wants me to assess their 6-month-old daughter, Salha (not her real name). She’s been to the hospital and seen a doctor — which, quite frankly, is uncommon for most of the children I’m asked to...
Nurturing beauty in the mess of this world
Lent 2024 newsletter Rich Tarro, Kenya “Start seeing the world for what it really is — dirty, rough, tragic and beautiful. It is truly a wonderful mess.” This quote by Alan Graham, the founder of Mobile Loaves and Fishes, an outreach ministry to homeless people in...
Maryknoll statement on border policies
Migrants line up on the Paso del Norte border bridge between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds) WASHINGTON, DC – Maryknoll missioners serving on the…
‘Martyrs or fools’?
In February 1976, a powerful earthquake struck Guatemala, destroying more than 250,000 houses and leaving 23,000 people dead and about 1.2 million people homeless. In Auburn, Alabama, John Gauker and his wife, Phyllis, wanted to help. John owned a construction company...
Intercessory prayers for nonviolence
…new teachers, prophets, apostles, champions and saints of Gospel nonviolence, who will help the world turn from violence to nonviolence, who will lead us to reject war and nuclear weapons,…
My second year in mission
…with the teachers, the school doesn’t have many resources to deal with these issues outside of calling the police. Through the advice of my fellow missioners, I’ve connected the school…
Nominations for the Bishop McCarthy Award
Bishop McCarthy Spirit of Mission recipients, 2019-2023 Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award is conferred annually to a returned Maryknoll lay missioner for continued justice,…
Still at it after all these years
…issues, and I volunteered with an environmental organization. Then we attended a course in permaculture that changed our lives’ orientation completely. We organized our Oaxaca Ecology Project to demonstrate the…
50 years in mission
Advent 2023 newsletter Kathy Bond and Flávio Rocha, Brazil Warm greetings from Brazil. We invite you to celebrate our 50 years of mission with Maryknoll Lay Missioners! This month Kathy marks 30 years and Flavio 20. In 1993 Kathy arrived in Brazil at the age of 27,...
