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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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Finding the Christ Child in the Lowly and Vulnerable

By Daniel S. Kim, M.M. | December 4, 2023
On every Christmas Day, during Mass we hear the prologue of St. John’s Gospel proclaiming the Word of God made flesh, the incarnation of the Second Person of the Trinity who became human and dwelt among us. With such a divine and grace-filled event in human history it is only natural to expect an extravagant, out of this world reception of the So...
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World Youth Day 2023: Voices of Pilgrims

By Giovana Soria | December 4, 2023
Maryknoll Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry and Maryknoll mission education promoter Sarahi Unzueta accompanied young Catholics from the United States during the World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal. Here we share the testimonials of some pilgrims. (Conversations have been edited and condensed for clarity.) To learn more about WYD 2023, read t...
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Rising Up at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal

By Giovana Soria | December 4, 2023
For Juan Alvarez, a pilgrim from Texas who attended World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, it was a blessing to receive the Eucharist every day with Maryknoll Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry. “He was our shepherd, leader and our guide in everything we did,” Alvarez said. Father Ulloa-Chavarry accompanied Alvarez, 34, and more than 100 other pi...
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Tiny Houses Make Huge Impact

Tiny Houses Make Huge Impact

By Paul Bork | December 4, 2023
St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows parish in Kitchener, Ontario, is an example of what Pope Francis surely had in mind when he spoke about the Church as a field hospital. Conducting a Maryknoll mission appeal recently at St. Mary’s, I was struck by its vibrantly diverse congregation and beautifully maintained church, located in the heart of d...
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In Step with a Higher Power in Kenya

By Megan Hamilton | December 4, 2023
Along, pot-holed road in Mombasa, Kenya, leads to the Port Reitz Mental Health and Substance Addiction Unit. It’s the gritty, harsh conclusion of many an addiction and mental illness journey — quite literally, the end of the line. On Wednesdays, I take an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting there for a dozen or so patients. (All AA members in this art...
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Caring for Creation and the Poor

By Ray Almanza | September 5, 2023
Diana Marin grew up in a family deeply rooted in the Catholic faith. “The work of justice and my faith go hand in hand for me,” says Marin, who was born in Colombia and raised in New York City. But it wasn’t always that way, she recalls. “I grew up very aware of the challenges my family faced as immigrants and as a kid was taught to hand my...
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Serving Others with Joy

By Luna Stephanie | March 1, 2023
Carlos Villagomez found the true meaning of the joy of serving as a volunteer with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and at soup kitchens and other local service projects in Seattle, Washington. “It’s coming into a relationship with a stranger or someone you just met, and lending them a hand during their time of struggle,” Villagomez says. ...
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