Category: Aiding Those Most in Need
Maryknoll Continues To Help In Nepal
By Fr. Joseph L. Thaler, M.M. Since the earthquakes struck Nepal earlier this year, Father Joseph Thaler and the Maryknoll staff have helped hundreds of people rebuild their homes. They also have assisted principals and teachers so that classrooms are stabilized and books again are available for the students. With local colleagues, Father Thaler also […]
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The Whole Church is in Mission
For Father Raymond J. Finch, the new superior general of Maryknoll, “nothing is more rewarding than to go out and help people deepen their faith.” “If you don’t share the faith, it stops growing. The more you give of it, the more there is. The less you give, it shrinks,” he added. Maryknoll, the 103-year-old […]
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U.S. missionary visits North Korea as silent ‘apostle of peace’
Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, no Catholic priest has resided in the North of this divided peninsula, where autonomous religious activity is effectively forbidden. And no enemy of the communist regime there is more detested or fiercely denounced than the United States.
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A Hospital Bedside Marriage
I had been away from Tanzania for one month enjoying a vacation with family at home. The highlight of the vacation was presiding at the marriage ceremony for my niece. Joined by more than 200 guests, it was a great occasion for family and friends at a beautiful church and reception hall in New Jersey. […]
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The Pope’s Call to Mission
During his first overseas trip, Pope Francis encouraged all Catholics to become animated missioners without borders. “Where does Jesus send us?” he asked World Youth Day pilgrims on July 28 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. “There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone.” Will you answer the Pope’s call to mission? For […]
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Maryknoll’s Summer Mission Immersion To Guatemala
A delegation from the Diocese of Oakland, along with people from Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, joined Maryknoll in the summer of 2013.
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Maryknoll Notes From The Field: Stories Of Mission From Bangladesh
Father Bob McCahill, M.M. recently sent several stories from Bangladesh, where the Goshen, Indiana, native serves in mission. Father McCahill is known as the “Bicycle Disciple,” since he travels the countryside on his bike to serve the sick and the poor.
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A Gift of a Lifetime
Maryknoll missioners often explain that their work in mission is rewarded many times over with the hospitality, warmth, love and prayers that they receive from the people they serve. One example of this resulted in a gift of a lifetime.
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From Glory Land to Guatemala
Bradley Hilltopics magazine is published quarterly for alumni, faculty, staff, parents of students, and friends of Bradley University. Founded by Lydia Moss Bradley in 1897, Bradley University is a private, independent university located in Peoria, Illinois. Father Bill Donnelly, a graduate of the class of 1955, used his Bradley degree in art to serve his […]
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