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ALWAYS A MISSIONER<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I remember reading Maryknoll <\/em>magazine as a girl growing up in a big family in Oregon\u2019s logging country. As I faithfully read the magazine each month, I found myself wanting to be a Maryknoll missioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alas, young life\u2019s dreams took a back seat to other paths \u2026 college, teaching, motherhood, church musician, travel, etc. Here I am, still a missioner at heart, ministering as the Spirit leads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I opened the Spring 2025 issue, I was struck by the beauty of Father Joseph Veneroso\u2019s photo meditation, \u201cOpen Wide the Doors<\/a>.\u201d This prayer begs to be set to music \u2026 not a fluffy piece but a mandate commissioning us to walk in covenant with our God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, Maryknollers, for inspiring and praying with us as we make our way in love together on this earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathleen Valdez<\/em>
Mount Angel, Oregon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n



FAITH IN ACTION<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the articles describing what life is currently like for Maryknoll missioners across the globe, I greatly enjoyed your historical articles published in the Spring 2025 issue on Vatican II<\/a>, liberation theology<\/a> and Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker<\/a>. Thank you for the excellent Lenten reflections on faith in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Goodwin<\/em>
Weaverville, North Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n



MISSION TRIPS<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Just a note of appreciation for all the years of Maryknoll<\/em> magazines we have received. Yours was one of a handful that we used to place in our office waiting room. We don\u2019t have our office anymore, but we still enjoy the magazine and often share it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last spring, my wife Mary and I took a group to Guatemala on our yearly mission trip. Our morning prayer and evening reflections used prayers and excerpts from Maryknoll magazine that Mary had saved over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spring 2025 edition was enjoyable, as always. First, there was the article \u201cHope Triumphs in Guatemala<\/a>,\u201d where we often go. Then came \u201cA Tribute to Gustavo Guti\u00e9rrez<\/a>\u201d \u2014 a hero to many of us doing mission work in Central and South America. There was also the \u201cSpoons and a Spinning Top<\/a>\u201d story about Amanacer<\/a>, where I first worked with Maryknoll missioners in 1992. It\u2019s nice that a Wisconsinite works there now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Gelhaus<\/em>
Owen, Wisconsin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: (From left) Deacon Matthew Sim, Maryknoll Father Brian Barrons, Bishop Mark J. Seitz and Deacon Patrick Okok meet in El Paso, Texas. The two Maryknoll seminarians, who were ordained last year as transitional deacons, will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Seitz at the Maryknoll Society headquarters in Ossining, New York, on June 7, 2025. (Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry\/U.S.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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