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In journal form, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/06\/a-new-mission-presence-in-chad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A New Mission Presence in Chad<\/a>\u201d chronicles the joys, trepidations, frustrations and even tragedy of four Maryknoll sisters who set out last year for the Central African nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also explore the mission journeys of Maryknoll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/06\/trial-by-fire-in-the-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seminarians undertaking overseas training<\/a> in Bolivia. The young aspirants to the priesthood serve people in the city of Cochabamba and in remote Indigenous communities of the Amazon. Managing Editor Deirdre Cornell, who visited the seminarians last year, also writes about the ministry of one of Maryknoll\u2019s newest priests, Father Gregory McPhee, ordained in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forth to mission can mean martyrdom. 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