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Maryknoll Priest, Fr. Michael Bassano walks with children on a dirt road through makeshift shelters

Maryknoll Priest, Fr. Michael Bassano recently featured on Spectrum 1 News

By Peter Milano | August 11, 2025
From Upstate New York to refugee camps in South Sudan, Father Mike Bassano has spent 50 years as a Maryknoll priest walking with those on the margins—offering presence, compassion, and hope.In this recent NY1 feature, Fr. Mike reflects on his life in mission—from ministering to children orphaned by war to comforting those suffering from AIDS an...
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Jubilee – June 2023

By Dionel Rodriguez | July 12, 2023
Thomas Francis Ruane was born on April 4, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, one of eight children of Thomas and Frances McGuire Ruane. His early schooling took place in Sacred Heart Parish schools in Waterloo. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School in 1944, he joined...
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Fr. Matthew Simm, M.M.

Bishop Douglas J. Lucia HOMILY-Diaconate Ordination 16 June 2023

By Maryknoll Society | June 15, 2023
Diaconal Service: The Heart of ChristSt. John Vianney was known to say that "the heart of the Priesthood is the heart of Christ." Well, if I might broaden that definition a bit, I would say that the heart of the Sacrament of Holy Orders is the heart of Christ. Even...
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