{"id":3936,"date":"2023-12-04T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=3936"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:08:46","slug":"they-call-her-foreign-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/","title":{"rendered":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At 51, Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim<\/a> is both youthful-looking and committed to religious life. Yet, in East Timor \u2014 a small nation on the island of Timor, north of Australia \u2014 people address Sister Hyunjung as a grandparent. \u201cThey call me Avo Malae<\/em>,\u201d she says. \u201cForeign Grandmother!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A social worker by profession, Sister Hyunjung has served in community health in the mountainous region of Aileu since 2014. The Maryknoll Sisters were invited there by Bishop Carlos Belo of Dili in 1991, during the nation\u2019s struggle for independence from Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding few services in the poor, rugged countryside, Maryknoll Sisters Susan Gubbins and Dorothy McGowan sized up the challenge and set up a health clinic<\/a>. \u201cWe envisioned the far-flung villages and knew that we needed a community-based approach,\u201d Sister Gubbins wrote later. They trained local people as health promoters, known as \u201cmotivators,\u201d in addition to building a center clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI benefit from the fruits of their work and mission,\u201d Sister Hyunjung says. \u201cI\u2019m working in that clinic, which bears the name Uma Ita Nian<\/em>, Our Home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Uma Ita Nian clinic enlists a staff of 28 workers, including three government employees: a doctor, a midwife and a pharmacist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Hyunjung serves in various ministries through the clinic, which provides a wide range of services. She works particularly closely with its Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR)<\/a> team. CBR, which originated with the World Health Organization, is \u201ca strategy that aims to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families, and ensure their inclusion and participation in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHome visits are part of the CBR program,\u201d explains Sister Hyunjung. \u201cTwo times a week, we visit people with disabilities in remote villages and offer them physical therapy, referrals, medical treatments, supplementary food, equipment, home adaptation aids, hygienic materials and counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey live in isolated mountain areas with insufficient food, water or clothing and little or no access to medical care, education or employment opportunities,\u201d the missioner continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Community-Based Rehabilitation motivators pose with Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim (bottom row, third from left) outside the Uma Ita Nian (Our Home) clinic. (Courtesy of Hyunjung Kim\/East Timor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An essential part of the program is ongoing formation for the local people who work as motivators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce a month, the CBR motivators come to the clinic for training. We have 18 motivators,\u201d Sister Hyunjung says. \u201cThey help to identify potential CBR clients, facilitate services and communication between the clinic and the clients, and implement their training in the village where they are placed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the long, bumpy rides to remote villages, the clinic staff get to know one another better, exchanging food and stories. \u201cI feel part of their lives,\u201d the missioner says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Hyunjung\u2019s mission of service to others started in her country of origin, South Korea<\/a>. \u201c[It] began \u2026 when I saw people\u2019s hunger for hope, meaningful spirituality and a sense of human dignity,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI felt called to walk with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She earned a degree in agricultural economics, but afterward began helping survivors of human trafficking and sexual abuse at Magdalena House, located in a red light district of Seoul. The home was a safe place for sex workers and other exploited women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This experience, Sister Hyunjung says, motivated her to study a profession that would support people in need. She went back to school and graduated from Soongsil University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work, then earned a master\u2019s degree in social welfare from the Catholic University of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She returned to Magdalena House to work with its founder, Maryknoll Sister Jean Maloney<\/a>. \u201cI was inspired by her humble and joyful life-sharing with women who are survivors of violence such as sex abuse, domestic violence and human trafficking,\u201d Sister Hyunjung says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Hyunjung met more Maryknoll sisters, she became interested in religious life \u2014 and curious about overseas mission. \u201cAs a Maryknoll sister, I can share my life and gifts to help create hope with people, and search together for meaning,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"Maryknoll
Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim takes Rosalina home after a weekly program held at the clinic. The 11-year-old with a beautiful smile suffers from muscular dystrophy. (Courtesy of Hyunjung Kim\/East Timor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

After completing the orientation program (novitiate) at the Sisters Center in New York, Sister Hyunjung professed first vows in 2011. She professed final vows in 2016<\/a>, while already in her assignment to East Timor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Oxfam<\/a>, three quarters of East Timor\u2019s people live in rural areas where they rely on subsistence farming. The small nation with 1.3 million inhabitants, also known as Timor-Leste, is one of the world\u2019s poorest countries. Half of its children are undernourished and display stunted growth, states the United Nations Development Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As young Hyunjung had done in South Korea \u2014 furthering her studies in order to better serve people in need \u2014 the missioner earned an assistant nursing license in 2020 to use in East Timor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went back with better knowledge of health care,\u201d she says, \u201cknowledge that I can apply daily at work. That same year, our center clinic served over 7,000 people from 12 villages and our mobile clinic served over 6,000 from nine remote villages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to her designation in the Tetum language as an honorary grandmother, Sister Hyunjung supports efforts to build a sense of family and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting people in their homes, she says, fosters closeness. This can be challenging: \u201cAlthough I like visiting and listening to their stories, often I felt heavy with worry and concern about where to find hope for them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, she visited a boy with cerebral palsy and his family. \u201cI sat with my silent worries and concerns, watching him receive physical therapy which was so painful for this little boy and his tiny body,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuddenly his little sister jumped on his bed with a funny monkey toy and played with him. She was comforting him, gently pressing her cheek to his and softly touching his hair, and making funny gestures to make him laugh. The boy\u2019s cries transformed into a bright smile. We all laughed with joy and thankfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her heart, Sister Hyunjung says, she knew God was there, present with those children and everyone in the room. \u201cFor these people,\u201d she says, \u201cfamily and home are a safe and nurturing place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Featured image: Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim (holding newborn baby) is shown with the first guests of Uma Esperansa, House of Hope, a home to support safe births in East Timor, a country with high maternal and infant mortality rates. (Courtesy of Hyunjung Kim\/East Timor)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim is considered family among the people from the remote villages of East Timor that she serves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_eb_data_table":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,334],"tags":[590,595,594,592,593,591,597,596,333],"class_list":["post-3936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-winter-2024","tag-avo-malae","tag-east-timor","tag-maryknoll-sister-hyunjung-kim","tag-maryknoll-sister-jean-maloney","tag-maryknoll-sisters-susan-gubbins-and-dorothy-mcgowan","tag-our-home","tag-timor","tag-uma-ita-nian","tag-winter-2024"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThey Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim is considered family among the people from the remote villages of East Timor that she serves.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maryknoll Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"795\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1e993a2cd0a604d885e6c34ef882c5\"},\"headline\":\"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\"},\"wordCount\":1093,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Avo Malae\",\"East Timor\",\"Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim\",\"Maryknoll Sister Jean Maloney\",\"Maryknoll Sisters Susan Gubbins and Dorothy McGowan\",\"Our Home\",\"Timor\",\"Uma Ita Nian\",\"Winter 2024\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Stories\",\"Winter 2024\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\",\"name\":\"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg\",\"width\":795,\"height\":447,\"caption\":\"Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim (holding newborn baby) is shown with the first guests of Uma Esperansa, House of Hope, a home to support safe births in East Timor, a country with high maternal and infant mortality rates. (Courtesy of Hyunjung Kim\/East Timor)\u00a0\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/\",\"name\":\"Maryknoll Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maryknoll Magazine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/cropped-MKFB_Logo_Transparet1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/cropped-MKFB_Logo_Transparet1.png\",\"width\":333,\"height\":68,\"caption\":\"Maryknoll Magazine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1e993a2cd0a604d885e6c34ef882c5\",\"name\":\"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/maryellenmanz_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/maryellenmanz_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.\"},\"description\":\"Maryknoll Sister Mary Ellen Manz of Jamaica, New York, entered the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation in 1950 after having graduated from the Mary Louis Academy. She served in Chile, South Sudan and in different positions at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. She is also the Sisters\u2019 liaison to Maryknoll Magazine and has written many articles about the Sisters for the publication.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/author\/maryellenmanz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine","og_description":"Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim is considered family among the people from the remote villages of East Timor that she serves.","og_url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/","og_site_name":"Maryknoll Magazine","article_published_time":"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":795,"height":447,"url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/"},"author":{"name":"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1e993a2cd0a604d885e6c34ef882c5"},"headline":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019","datePublished":"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/"},"wordCount":1093,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg","keywords":["Avo Malae","East Timor","Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim","Maryknoll Sister Jean Maloney","Maryknoll Sisters Susan Gubbins and Dorothy McGowan","Our Home","Timor","Uma Ita Nian","Winter 2024"],"articleSection":["Featured Stories","Winter 2024"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/","name":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019 - Maryknoll Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-04T23:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-31T16:08:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/34-38-Sr-Hyunjung-Kim-feature.jpg","width":795,"height":447,"caption":"Maryknoll Sister Hyunjung Kim (holding newborn baby) is shown with the first guests of Uma Esperansa, House of Hope, a home to support safe births in East Timor, a country with high maternal and infant mortality rates. (Courtesy of Hyunjung Kim\/East Timor)\u00a0"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/they-call-her-foreign-grandmother\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"They Call Her \u2018Foreign Grandmother\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/","name":"Maryknoll Magazine","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#organization","name":"Maryknoll Magazine","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/cropped-MKFB_Logo_Transparet1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/cropped-MKFB_Logo_Transparet1.png","width":333,"height":68,"caption":"Maryknoll Magazine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1e993a2cd0a604d885e6c34ef882c5","name":"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/maryellenmanz_avatar-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/maryellenmanz_avatar-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mary Ellen Manz, M.M."},"description":"Maryknoll Sister Mary Ellen Manz of Jamaica, New York, entered the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation in 1950 after having graduated from the Mary Louis Academy. She served in Chile, South Sudan and in different positions at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. She is also the Sisters\u2019 liaison to Maryknoll Magazine and has written many articles about the Sisters for the publication.","url":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/author\/maryellenmanz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3936"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5749,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936\/revisions\/5749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}