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From the Editor: Winter 2026

By Lynn F. Monahan | December 1, 2025
Immigration — and what is happening right now to immigrants in our country — is something we simply cannot be silent about. We received various letters and comments on my interview with Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, in our Fall issue of Maryknoll, and some of them, both pro and con, are printed in our Readers’ Responses. Immigration...
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Charity that Strives for Diginity

By John Siyumbu M.M. | June 2, 2025
Spend time with Emmanuel Boniface and you’ll hear a lot about his favorite soccer team. Emmanuel is an ardent fan of Yanga, the Young Africans Sports Club of Tanzania. He does not let his difficulties with speech get in the way of a good conversation. Emmanuel has a way of speaking to your heart, and his eagerness draws you in. I met Emmanuel and...
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Pope Leo

Maryknollers celebrate Pope Leo XIV

By Maryknoll Press | June 1, 2025
A Shared Experience When I saw the headlines that the first American Pope had been elected, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, had received his Master of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union (CTU), the same seminary where I had begun studying just ten years later. CTU is located ...
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Faces that Sustain Mission

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | March 3, 2025
The mission of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers in Bolivia and in the world is possible thanks to countless invisible faces. They are of the people behind the scenes who, through their daily service, make it possible for us to carry out our mission. Two of those invisible faces are those of Zulema Flores Balderrama and Scarley Morales Patiño, ou...
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God Walks with Migrant Farmworkers

By Leonel Yoque | March 3, 2025
José López, director of Migrant Ministry for the Diocese of Stockton, California, is a beacon of hope for thousands of farmworkers who work in the fields. Most of the workers obtain the H-2A visa that allows foreigners to enter the United States for temporary or seasonal agricultural work. Other migrants do not have such immigration status. “We...
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Vatican II at 60: Maryknoll Bishops at the Council

By James H. Kroeger, M.M. | March 3, 2025
Truly, a challenging task! How does one adequately capture the participation of the 14 Maryknoll bishops who attended the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)? A simple glimpse of the group photograph begins the story. Bishop John W. Comber, who was Maryknoll superior general at the time of Vatican II, attended all four sessions of the Council. He wa...
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Spoons and a Spinning Top

By Deirdre Cornell | March 3, 2025
Maryknoll Brother Joseph Bruener remembers the day that Daniel arrived at the San Martín-San Vicente home for boys in Cochabamba, Bolivia. “His arms and legs were like little sticks, and his hair was falling out,” the missioner says. The child was so malnourished he was almost bald. Asked his age, Daniel lies that he is 5 — but in reality, h...
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Sharing Jesus’ Heart

By Jennifer Tomshack | March 3, 2025
Compassion compelled Jesus to act, and the same is true for missioners, said Father Juan Zúñiga, secretary general of the Maryknoll Society, who presided over the Covenant and Sending Mass for the latest Maryknoll lay missioners to answer the call to serve abroad. Joshua Sisolak and Marjorie Humphrey were sent forth to Bolivia and East Africa res...
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A Tribute to Gustavo Gutiérrez

By Robert Ellsberg | March 3, 2025
With the passing of Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, who died in October at the age of 96, the Church has lost a prophet and groundbreaking theologian who substantially enlarged its social teaching. The poor of the world have lost an advocate. And Maryknoll has lost a great friend. Father Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest who studied in France, was...
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A Maryknoll Heart Beats in Kowloon

By Andrea Moreno-Diaz | March 3, 2025
As Maryknoll Sister Susan Glass ambles down the sunny corridors of Maryknoll Convent School, throngs of little girls in light blue or orange uniforms greet her with shouts of joy and a collective hug. The school marked its anniversary on Feb. 11, celebrating a century of affordable, quality education for Hong Kong students and instilling in multipl...
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Hope Triumphs in Guatemala

By Deirdre Cornell | March 3, 2025
María Luz Morales, 49, recalls the chapel of her childhood in the village of El Caoba, Guatemala. “It was so tiny, made of wood planks,” she says. “There were no chairs or pews. People sat on tree stumps.” In El Caoba on a recent Sunday, Maryknoll Father William Senger baptized 10 babies and young children. More than 100 people attended a ...
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Maryknoll’s Journey to the Yucatán

By Ray Almanza | December 2, 2024
Maryknoll accompanies U.S. Catholics to discern how to share the gift of mission, says Deacon Leonel Yoque, who leads the Maryknoll Society’s Missionary Disciples team. Deacon Yoque, Maryknoll Father John Martin and I guided two immersion trips last June. The destination for both groups was Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Adults from different sta...
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Helping Kenyans Live with HIV/AIDS

By Adam Mitchell | December 2, 2024
Alice Njoroge, the managing director of the Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program, talks about the program, its success and the role of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers during the last three decades. Njoroge spoke with Maryknoll’s Adam Mitchell in Nairobi. This transcript has been edited for clarity and space. I‘ve been in EDARP for the last 30...
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