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Was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She earned a master's degree in Hispanic Literatures from City College of New York. As associate editor she writes, edits and translates stories in Spanish and English. She lives in Ossining, New York.
Maryknoll Father Victor Mutobera, ordained June 6 at the Maryknoll Society’s Our Lady Queen of Apostles Chapel in Ossining, New York, radiates joy as he leaves the chapel after the Mass of Holy Orders. Father Mutobera, who underwent eight years of preparation for the missionary priesthood, is assigned to serve in Tanzania. (Octavio Durán/U.S.)

The Joy of a Dream Fulfilled

By Lynn F. Monahan | June 9, 2026
A childhood dream becomes reality for Maryknoll Father Victor Mutobera, ordained a priest and assigned to mission in Tanzania.
A jasmine flower (Fachtu Robbi Almalik/Unsplash)

Missioner Tales, Summer 2026

By Missioner Tales | June 1, 2026
Missioners share snippets of mission life in vignettes drawn from Bolivia, Kenya and prison ministry in the United States.
Babluu Ekama Kyamba volunteers in a Nairobi slum with Mama Africa, a service organization, as part of a Maryknoll discernment program for the missionary priesthood. (Paul Jeffrey/Kenya)

Bearing Fruit in Africa

By Paul Jeffrey | June 1, 2026
Young African men begin their journey to the missionary priesthood as seminarians at the Maryknoll house in Nairobi.
Maryknoll Sister Esther Warioba, who professed her final vows last year, regularly visits 20 inmates in five prisons. The missioner, originally from Tanzania, offers a lifeline of support for international prisoners, many of whom are victims of human trafficking, as a volunteer for the nonprofit Voice for Prisoners. (Paul Jeffrey/Hong Kong)

Letters from a Hong Kong Prison

By Andrea Moreno-Diaz | June 1, 2026
A Maryknoll sister in Hong Kong volunteers with Voice for Prisoners, a ministry that assists victims of human trafficking who were used as drug “mules.”
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathleen Bond, Maryknoll Sisters Azucena San Pedro and Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki (center, wearing head covering) and staff Bruna Ferreira and Mylenna Kerollin host students at AFYA Holistic Health Center. The center was cofounded in 2000 by Sister Nyaki and the late Maryknoll Sister Connie Pospisil. “Afya” means “health” in Swahili, the language of Sister Nyaki’s homeland, Tanzania. (Courtesy of Kathleen Bond/Brazil)

Teaching Peace in Public Schools

By Kathleen Bond | June 1, 2026
Maryknoll lay missioners, Maryknoll sisters and the staff of a holistic healing center launch a project in public schools in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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