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Spirituality

Maryknoll missioners reflect on liturgical feasts, doctrines and other elements of the Catholic faith, often told through the lives of the people they accompany.

 

A young woman receives ashes during Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Arizona, as the season of Lent begins. (OSV News/Bob Roller/U.S.)

Spirit of Mission: All Things New

By Joseph Veneroso, M.M. | March 2, 2026
Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso reflects on the spirituality of the Biblical term "metanoia” and our Lenten journey of faith.
Maryknoll Father John Barth distributes food and water to survivors of an earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year. Father Barth managed funds raised by the Maryknoll Society to bring relief to survivors through the Diocese of Mandalay. (Courtesy of John Barth/Myanmar)

Five Takeaways from ‘Dilexi Te’

By Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | November 6, 2025
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns presents a short summary of the essential teachings in Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation.
Worshipers hold candles that illumine the darkness during the Easter Vigil at St. John the Evangelist Church in Center Moriches, New York. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz/U.S.)

Spirit of Mission: Christ Our Light

By Joseph Veneroso, M.M. | March 3, 2025
Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso explores the theme of light in Scripture and in the liturgies of Holy Week, especially the Easter Vigil.
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