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Various images from the Winter 2026 issue of Maryknoll Misioneros

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...

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (center) celebrates Mass during the ordination to the diaconate of Charles Ogony (left) and Joshua Maondo (right) on October 21, 2023. The seminarians will be ordained Maryknoll priests on June 8, 2024. (Diane Mastrogiulio/U.S.)

Hearts on Fire

By Andrea Moreno-Diaz | March 4, 2024

With hearts on fire and packed bags, three Maryknoll seminarians prepare for their ordination to priesthood on June 8, 2024.

Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina, Eliza Encinas Diaz, Isabel Huanca, Elva Caballero and Leonel Cerruto are shown at the Maryknoll center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Adam Mitchell/Bolivia)

Cultivating Mission in Cochabamba

By Deirdre Cornell | March 4, 2024

The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center and residence in Bolivia finds new life through its green project.

A shepherd, facing a beautiful sunset, stands among hundreds of sheep.

Prayer for Vocations: Spring 2024

By Charles Ogony | March 4, 2024

A Maryknoll seminarian, Deacon Charles Ogony, offers a heartfelt prayer for all expressions of vocation in service to God’s People.

Maryknoll Lay Missioners Sarah Bueter, Kathy Flatoff, Theresa Glaser and Julienne Hoang (left to right) are shown after their covenant and sending ceremony held on Dec. 2, 2023, at Cristo Rey Church in El Paso, Texas. (Courtesy of Maryknoll Lay Missioners/U.S.)

Dream On: Lay Missioners Sent to Serve

By Meinrad Scherer-Emunds | March 4, 2024

Three new lay missioners and one returning lay missioner are sent to serve in El Salvador, Kenya and Cambodia.

Blind students perform massage therapy during training at Casa Bartimeo del Sur in Lima, Peru. Maryknoll Father Kyungsu Son founded the training center in 2013 with Grimaldo Zapata, who lost his sight in a mining accident. (Nile Sprague/Peru)

Sheep Find Their Pastor

By Lynn F. Monahan | March 4, 2024

A Maryknoll priest helps blind people in Lima, Peru, become independent through training in massage therapy.

Maryknoll Sister Mary Little cares for a child at one of two preschools the sisters founded for Vietnamese refugee children. The Maryknoll Sisters have carried out extensive educational projects in Cambodia for three decades. (Sean Sprague/Courtesy of Maryknoll Sisters/Cambodia)

Building a Future of Hope in Cambodia

By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M. | March 4, 2024

Maryknoll sisters turn over educational programs to local leadership after three decades of service in Phnom Penh and outlying Beoung Tum Pun.

Juanatano Cano was invited to talk about his educational journey and the importance of honoring student culture at North Mason School District, in Belfair, Washington. (Courtesy of Juananato Cano/U.S.)

Healing through Faith and Culture

By Leonel Yoque | March 4, 2024

Juanatano Cano, originally of Guatemala, shares his remarkable life and faith journey becoming a leader for Catholic Maya in the United States.

Residents of Silwan in East Jerusalem express sorrow as their ancestral home, belonging to their family for 200 years, is destroyed. A court order allowed the municipal council, settler organization and border police to demolish the house. The family was given only an hour to remove their belongings. (Susan Nchubiri/Palestine)

Pursuing Peace and Justice in the Holy Land

By SJ Consulting | March 4, 2024

Maryknoll Office for Global concerns Director Susan Gunn outlines Maryknoll’s 25 years of partnership with an organization called Churches for Middle East Peace.