Father Joseph R. Veneroso is the former publisher and editor of Maryknoll magazine. He served in mission to Korea and now lives at the Maryknoll Center in Ossining, New York, and also ministers to a Korean Catholic parish community in New York City. His is the author of two books of poetry, Honoring the Void and God in Unexpected Places, a collection of columns from Maryknoll magazine titled Good New for Today, and Mirrors of Grace: The Spirit and Spiritualities of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
Head of the bishops conference says that power outages, fuel restrictions and fear of war are causing the island nation’s “saddest moment.”
Pope Leo XIV thanks World Food Program workers for delivering aid to vulnerable communities in areas ravaged by violence.
The murder of the bishop of Quelimane renews concerns over violence and instability in the African country.
A childhood dream becomes reality for Maryknoll Father Victor Mutobera, ordained a priest and assigned to mission in Tanzania.
The director of Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns reflects on the Eucharist in light of a program for HIV/AIDS patients in Nairobi, Kenya.
Prayers and readings to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary commemorate immigrants, refugees and victims of slavery and human trafficking.
Catholic leaders warn against rhetoric that dehumanizes people and continue to advocate for policies respecting human dignity.
“It is not their war, but they are its victims,” says a visiting priest, who notes that young people especially despair for the future.
Missioners share snippets of mission life in vignettes drawn from Bolivia, Kenya and prison ministry in the United States.
Young African men begin their journey to the missionary priesthood as seminarians at the Maryknoll house in Nairobi.
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 missioners, Maryknoll sisters and the staff of a holistic healing center launch a project in public schools in João Pessoa, Brazil.
Victor Mutobera, who will be ordained June 6, shares the vocation journey that led him from Kenya to join the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.