{"id":3268,"date":"2025-06-02T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2025-12-31T01:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T01:57:10","slug":"from-the-editor-legacy-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/from-the-editor-legacy-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Editor: Legacy of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we were preparing to send this issue of <em>Maryknoll<\/em> magazine to the printer in April, we received the sad news of the passing of our beloved Pope Francis. As soon as he was elected in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/04\/pope-francis-in-the-heart-of-the-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a> signaled a different approach to the papacy. As one colleague here at Maryknoll put it, \u201cWe finally have a pope who speaks our language.\u201d By the time this issue comes out, we will probably have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/05\/leo-xiv-becomes-the-first-american-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new pope<\/a>. For now, we dedicate this issue to the one we just lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, this whole issue of <em>Maryknoll<\/em> looks back while contemplating what\u2019s to come. Our story on the 50th anniversary of the founding of <a href=\"https:\/\/mklm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryknoll Lay Missioners<\/a> covers its history and the groundwork the organization is laying for mission ahead. We preview the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/07\/serving-a-joyful-community-in-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 7th ordination<\/a> of our two new Maryknoll priests, exploring the faith journeys that led them to this momentous juncture. We continue our series on the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, which paved the way for new approaches to mission and which was instrumental in the formation of Pope Francis, the first pope ordained to the priesthood after Vatican II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important note from Maryknoll\u2019s superior general addresses the seismic shifts in policies from Washington, D.C. and their potential impact on people on the margins whom we serve, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/07\/statement-from-the-maryknoll-superior-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affirms Maryknoll\u2019s commitment to the Church\u2019s social teachings<\/a>. 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