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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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Love Exists in Tonacatepeque

By Deirdre Cornell | December 2, 2024
It’s Wednesday. Robert “Bob” Cunningham gets up early in Zaragoza, El Salvador, where he and his wife Elizabeth “Liz” Cunningham serve as Maryknoll lay missioners. He sets out for Ciudad Merliot, 45 minutes away. At 8 a.m., Bob meets up with Mercedarian Father Jonathan Vásquez and other volunteers. They drive for an hour to a juvenile co...
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An Oasis in the Borderlands

By Andrea Moreno-Diaz | December 2, 2024
The arid, rugged terrain of El Paso, Texas, could be described as inhospitable. El Pasoans, however, are anything but. In this border city, Catholic missioners, volunteers and advocates have historically heeded the call to help the stranger and feed the hungry. For Maryknoll Father Raymond Finch, a New Yorker from Brooklyn who served Indigenous com...
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Sharing Light in a Circle of Life

By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M. | December 2, 2024
In Zimbabwe, Maryknoll Sister Chiyoung Pak is known by a radiant name. “As I walk along the street, people greet me jovially, ‘Sister Chiedza, how is it going?’” she says. “Chiedza is the Shona word for light and brightness.” It’s hard to tell from her sunny disposition, but Sister Pak’s optimism has been sorely tested in this count...
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From South Dakota to Zona Sur

By Deirdre Cornell | December 2, 2024
Growing up in South Dakota, young Paul Sykora came up with an innovative way to get around his family’s farm. “I would take the motor off a lawn mower and put it on my bike,” he says. Nowadays, Maryknoll Father Sykora nurses the engine of a 1985 Volkswagen Beetle. This beat-up but reliable vehicle takes him up the mountainous roads of Zona Su...
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Finding Christ in Our Humanness

By John McAuley, M.M. | December 2, 2024
In our busy lives Christmas does not often offer us a peaceful time for purposeful reflection, but we do encounter God in our humanness. The Bible readings of Christmas offer us several snapshots of humanness. One is that though Mary was betrothed to Joseph, she was with child before the marriage. This was seen as a stigma. And this stigma followed...
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A Reality that Hurts

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | December 2, 2024
Once a month we leave the springlike climate of Cochabamba and pass through the cold of Colomi in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia. We continue through beautiful valleys, mountainous canyons and semi-deserts until we reach the tropical Amazon jungle with its oppressive heat. After six hours of travel, we arrive at the community of Santísima Trinidad...
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Celebrating a Life of Faith and Mission

By Giovana Soria | September 3, 2024
More than three decades ago, Arturo and Esperanza Monterrubio left their homeland of Mexico to start a new life in the United States. Esperanza had a degree in dentistry, and Arturo planned to obtain a master’s degree in chemical engineering. They arrived in Kingsville, Texas with their children Daniela, Omar and Fátima. The family’s first ref...
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Bridges to Healing International

By Erin Rickwa | September 3, 2024
As a result of cerebral palsy, 8-year-old Gabriela could only get around by dragging herself across the ground. After working with a physical therapist over the last couple of months, Gabriela is up and walking for the first time in her life. Her smile as she moves independently is so beautiful! Gabriela is cared for at St. Justin’s Centre in Mus...
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Being There: A Brother in Mission

By Ryan Thibert | September 3, 2024
ShareTweet it!LinkedinEmailPrint Ryan Thibert entered the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers formation program at age 29. Born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, he has a twin brother and an older sister. His parents, Rox-Ann and Larry, and his parish, All Saints in Strathroy, Ontario, fostered his vocation. After taking his perpetual oath on May 31, 20...
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The Trauma of Memory in Chile

By Linda Donovan, M.M. | September 3, 2024
As I took my seat on line 1 of the metro in Santiago, Chile, where I serve in mission, my mind wandered through the myriad activities of the past year. Music, poetry and theatre events commemorated the anniversary of a very sad time in Chile’s history. Last year marked 50 years since a violent military coup led by Augusto Pinochet installed a dic...
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Challenging Assumptions in Bolivia

By Meinrad Scherer-Emunds | September 3, 2024
At 14, Jhon Alex Muñoz is the size of a 7-year-old. He tires easily, has difficulty walking and cannot fully control his arms and hands. No school exists for his special needs in his home town of Entre Ríos in central Bolivia. Jhon Alex’s mother, Doña Benita, is a single parent who ekes out a living by working in her neighbors’ fields. Besid...
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A Synodal Church is Missionary

By Lynn F. Monahan | September 3, 2024
The idea of synodality at the heart of the Synod of Bishops that meets for a second session in October harkens back to the early days of the Church, and at its core synodality reflects the Church’s missionary spirit, says Maryknoll Father William LaRousse. Father LaRousse, who is based in Thailand and serves as the assistant secretary general of ...
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