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Fall 2026

For more than five decades, Maryknoll Brother Wayne Fitzpatrick has answered Jesus’ call to be a brother to all. (Robin Ivy/U.S.)

An Uncomplicated Witness

By Wayne J. Fitzpatrick | September 1, 2026
Maryknoll Brother Wayne Fitzpatrick offers a moving reflection on his vocation as a missionary brother.
Rosa Beatriz Castañeda de Larios, a Maryknoll affiliate and lifelong educator, gives workshops for immersion trips run by Maryknoll’s Mission Formation Ministry. (Octavio Durán/Guatemala)

From Guatemala to the World

By Deirdre Cornell | September 1, 2026
Rosa Beatriz Castañeda de Larios, mentored by Maryknoll Sisters, becomes the new chair of the Maryknoll Affiliates’ board of directors.
Mary Simon fills jerry cans with fresh water at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kamboo, Kenya, where the Maryknoll Society has financed a well and storage system. (Paul Jeffrey/Kenya)

Water Flows in Kibwezi

By Paul Jeffrey | September 1, 2026
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers sponsors wells and water storage systems for parishes in a drought-stricken region of Kenya.
Fernanda Balderrama Chavarria (wearing glasses) joins clergy, religious and other laypeople in a procession and vigil outside Broadview Processing Center, an immigration detention facility, in Chicago. (Courtesy of Fernanda Balderrama Chavarria/U.S.)

Lighting Candles of Hope

By Fernanda Balderrama Chavarria | September 1, 2026
A young woman in Chicago who now works for Maryknoll reports on joining archdiocesan efforts to minister to and advocate for immigrants.
Diane Mastrogiulio/U.S.

Celebrating Mission

By Joseph G. Healey, M.M. | September 1, 2026
Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey, who served in East Africa, notes this year’s mission anniversaries and the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
A hunter’s moon rises behind a statue of St. Francis of Assisi outside the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin. (OSV News/Sam Lucero/CNS/U.S.)

Saint Francis at 800 Years

By Robert Ellsberg | September 1, 2026
Orbis Books’ publisher examines the extraordinary witness of St. Francis, the world’s most beloved saint, on the 800th anniversary of his death.
Maryknoll Father Robert McCahill (Paul Jeffrey/Bangladesh)

Missioner Tales, Fall 2026

By Missioner Tales | September 1, 2026
Missioners share snippets of mission life in vignettes drawn from Bangladesh, Bolivia and the Philippines and from a pilgrimage to Italy.
Orbis Books: On St. Francis

Orbis Books: On St. Francis

By Robert Ellsberg | September 1, 2026
Orbis Books shares an overview of its books about St. Francis, including titles recently acquired from Franciscan Media.
Joy Buolamwini, a computer scientist, presents a copy of her book to the pope at a Vatican conference on artificial intelligence Nov. 13, 2025. (CNS/Vatican Media/Vatican City)

World Watch: Digital Disarment

By Susan Gunn | September 1, 2026
Director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Susan Gunn writes about how artificial intelligence is affecting mission countries.
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