Vocations Newsletter
Voices Of Our World
Summer 2025
The Church experienced a momentous Easter season with the passing of Pope Francis and election of Pope Leo XIV as our new Holy Father — a pope from the United States! In our Summer 2025 Vocation Newsletter, Father Rodrigo reflects upon the gift that Pope Francis meant to us as Maryknoll missioners and the example he set for those discerning a call to missionary priesthood or brotherhood. Three of our Maryknoll priests also comment on the election of Pope Leo XIV with joy and hope; they share a common bond with Pope Leo XIV as graduates of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. We look back, with a collage of photos, on our Holy Week Missionary Discernment Retreat in El Paso, Texas. And, we announce our Fall “Come & See” Retreat, October 17th – 19th, Chicago, IL, for men discerning priesthood or brotherhood. Please consider joining us for it!
Blog & Articles
Meet Our Maryknoll Candidates Preparing To Become Missionary Priests And Brothers
Maryknoll missionary priests and Brothers have been serving in countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America for 105 years now. The initial missioners travled to the four corners of the world establishing the Church by founding dioceses, parishes, schools,...
Clothed in Grace By Mr. Greg Darr
It’s often said that you can tell a lot about people from the clothes they wear. But, as I was reminded recently in a noisy convention center hall filled with hundreds of Catholic youth, clothes tell us nothing if we do not first open our hearts to the stories of...
Of Walking Sticks and Wonder – The Apostolic Life By Mr. Greg Darr
Spiritual author, Fr. Richard Rohr OFM once remarked, “Transformed people transform people.” It’s the chemical equation of a spiritual life – when one person encounters another through love, a transforming reaction takes place changing both lives, making each more...
Maryknoll Ordains a New Priest
On June 3, 2022 His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ordained Deacon John Siyumbu to the priesthood. Maryknoll Superior General, Father Lance P. Nadeau, was concelebrant. During his homily,...
VOCATION NEWSLETTER
Join Father Rodrigo as he shares recent events and reflections on Maryknoll Vocations and those who commit to a life of service and mission.
