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Franciscan Brother Octavio Durán presents the shoes St. Óscar Romero wore when he was martyred to Sister Tránsito de la Cruz (center), superior of the Missionary Carmelites of St. Teresa local community, and Sister Reina Mancía, caretaker of the memorial museum at Divine Providence Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Courtesy of Octavio Durán/El Salvador)

A Saint’s Final Footsteps

By Octavio Duran, OFM | March 5, 2026
Franciscan Brother Octavio Durán relates how he returned Archbishop Óscar Romero’s shoes to their homeland of El Salvador during a Maryknoll pilgrimage.
A young mother and her baby find a home at Hospicio Santa María, a home for HIV-positive and AIDS patients run by a Maryknoll sister and three Maryknoll affiliates. The hospice grounds include organic orchards and gardens, as well as an aviary. Located in the town of Pajapita in the department (state) of San Marcos, Guatemala, the property also houses the administrative offices of Project Life, an advocacy and educational organization that combats HIV/AIDS. (Octavio Durán/Guatemala)

Heart and Mission for the People

By Deirdre Cornell | March 2, 2026
A Maryknoll team in Guatemala cares for HIV-positive people at Hospicio Santa María, a hospice that is also home to a thriving organic farm.
Members of Little Tokyo’s St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Los Angeles and Maryknoll Father Joseph Donovan (third from left) celebrate the blessing of “The Spirit of Our Roots” mural by Erin Yoshi (in orange dress). (Kokawa Photography/U.S.)

Light That Shines Before Others

By Joseph Donovan, M.M. | March 2, 2026
With a new mural, a Japanese American community in Los Angeles honors its history of faith, in which Maryknoll played an important role.
Maryknoll’s young adult ambassadors joined with Catholic Climate Covenant young adults for a Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy last fall commemorating the 10th anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. (Andrea Moreno-Díaz/Italy)

A Return to the Heart

By Andrea Moreno-Diaz | March 2, 2026
Young Adult Maryknoll Ambassadors and Catholic Climate Covenant young adults go on pilgrimage for the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’.
Participants in the Maryknoll Mission Formation Ministry immersion trip, including Donna Knudson (back row center, wearing white shirt and glasses), visit the Santa Catalina Arch in Antigua Guatemala. (Courtesy of Leonel Yoque/Guatemala)

Walking Together in Guatemala

By Donna Kling Knudson | February 26, 2026
An immersion trip co-sponsored by Maryknoll and CRS introduces participants to the realities, challenges and hopes of local communities.
During a memorial service in Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador, people hold pictures of four U.S. churchwomen killed there during the country’s civil war. (CNS/Jose Cabezas/Reuters/El Salvador)

Remembering the Martyrs

By George Black | December 1, 2025
Journalist George Black uncovers new information in the 1980 murders in El Salvador of four churchwomen, including Maryknoll sisters.
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