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Mission in Latin America

John O’Donoghue, Victor Artaiz, Maryknoll lay missioners and returned Maryknoll lay missioners (from right to left) serve in mission in different ministries in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Courtesy of Alejandro Marina/Bolivia)

Mission Enriched by the Gifts of Others

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | December 1, 2025
While reflecting on mission and the path of synodality proposed by Pope Francis, I find myself thinking of the presence and work of two companions who have enriched our mission at the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. “We know how beautiful and tiring that journey has been,” said Pope Francis. “We are m...
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Don Saturnino Yabanure, a catechist at the Santísima Trinidad parish, plays music he learned from his ancestors and that he now passes on to younger generations in his community in the Bolivian Amazon. (Adam Mitchell/Bolivia)

The Wisdom of the Mojeños

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | September 2, 2025
Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina recounts how the Mojeño Trinitarios, an ethnic group in the Bolivian Amazon, live out their faith.
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Zulema Flores Balderrama and Scarley Morales Patiño, cooks and house staff at the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and Brothers center and residence in Cochabamba, Bolivia, are two of “an infinity” of faces of people behind the scenes who make mission possible. (Courtesy of Alejandro Marina/Bolivia)

Faces that Sustain Mission

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | March 3, 2025
Behind every missioner is “an infinity of faces” who make their work possible, writes Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina from Bolivia.
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A child of the Santísima Trinidad community plays outside, while parents and family members farm their parcels of land in the dense forests of the Bolivian Amazon. (Adam Mitchell/Bolivia)

A Reality that Hurts

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | December 2, 2024
Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina describes the reality faced by people in Santísima Trinidad, a community in the Amazon served by Maryknoll.
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Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina, local superior of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center and residence in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is shown with llamas Domingo and Catalina. The missioner introduces them as mission partners in ecological spirituality. (Adam Mitchell/Bolivia)

Toward an Ecological Spirituality

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | June 3, 2024
Reflecting on ecological spirituality, Maryknoll Father Alejandro Marina introduces some nonhuman partners in mission in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Carlos Prado Mendoza, a speaker, author and practitioner of traditional medicine, has expertise in horticulture. Pictured in 2023 at the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center in Cochabamba, Bolivia, he is an internationally known for his work in recovering Indigenous ancestral wisdom. (Adam Mitchell/Bolivia) 

The Wisdom of Plants

By Alejandro Marina, M.M. | March 4, 2024
Author and practitioner of traditional medicine Carlos Prado, a longtime Maryknoll friend in Cochabamba, Bolivia, shares the wisdom of plants.
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