Stories of Mission
Director’s Greetings: Christmas 2024
Over this past year, as before, the vocations office has accompanied many young men in discernment. We are blessed, through them, to discover that God continues to call the young of our world to be missionary priests and Brothers. Missionaries are sent forth to give...
Director’s Greetings: Chosen & Qualified
A common question discerners ask me is, “Where does the desire to serve the poor overseas come from?” Our deepest desires and longings are found in a very special place in our heart. Our intellect knows God, our heart desires God. And when our intellect and heart...
Our Better Angels
What motivates these prove souls to overcomeFears, doubts and, oft times, it seemsEven common sense to goNo, run towards that from which most people flee? And who are these who lay aside concern For their own health and safety to minister To strangers, whose only...
Bringing Home Joy
When Maryknollers return from abroad to our Center in New York, they often bring home the characteristics and concerns of peoples they’ve come to know and love in mission. Some Maryknollers return passionate about social justice causes that improve the lives of so...
Voices of Our World: Director’s Greetings
Dear friends, Thanks for reading “Voices of Our World.” One of the questions I receive often from young adults is “Why do you stay in this vocation as priest?” Or, another way to put it, why haven’t I left? Whenever I consider these questions, I’m reminded of wisdom...
Frontiers of Faith
Tune into this week’s enlightening episode of Frontiers of Faith, where we explore the impact of Catholic mission work with our guest, Joe Healey, a devoted Maryknoll missionary. Joe shares his passion for Small Christian Communities and discusses how this successful...
Pentecost at Tepeyac? Pneumatologies from the People, with Orlando Espin
In Pentecost at Tepeyac? Orlando Espin develops a Latinx pneumatology, or theology of the Holy Spirit, by exploring the image and enduring popular devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He argues that all symbols are cultural creations, and furthermore, the Spirit being...
Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth, with Elizabeth A. Johnson
In this One On One Interview, Robert Ellsberg and Elizabeth A. Johnson, discuss her new book"Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth" . “‘Come, have breakfast’ (Jn 21:12) These three simple words followed by generous action open a portal into an...
Christ Among The Classes: The Rich, the Poor, and the Mission of the Church, with Al Tizon
Christ Among the Classes: The Rich, the Poor, and the Mission of the Churchhttps://maryknoll.link/86j Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in...
Church as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement, with Leo Guardado
Church as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacementhttps://maryknoll.link/4ju No study has yet examined the tradition of sanctuary as the starting point for rethinking the church in an age of global displacement. Church as Sanctuary, argues...
The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence, with John Dear
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals - Revised Edition" with author Arthur C. Jones in this One On One Interview. Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural...
Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals, with Arthur Jones
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals - Revised Edition" with author Arthur C. Jones in this One On One Interview. Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural...
The Not-Yet God: The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole, Ilia Delio
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Not-Yet God: The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole" with author Ilia Delio in this One On One Interview. We are a species between axial periods. Thus, our religious myths are...
Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism, with Daniel Horan
Join us in conversaton with Orbis Author, Daniel Horan. He and Robert disucss his his new book, Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism which is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring...
The Ethics of Doing Nothing, with Andrew Blosser
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Ethics of Doing Nothing" with author Andrew Blosser in this One On One Interview. This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath,...
The Gospel according to James Baldwin with Greg Garrett
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Gospel according to James Baldwin:What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity" with author Greg Garrett in this One On One Interview. Baldwin’s writing offers critiques of religion, culture,...
I Surrender, with Kathleen Osberger
Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship, 1975" with author Kathleen Osberger in this One On One Interview. I Surrender depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests...
Jubilee – June 2023
Thomas Francis Ruane was born on April 4, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, one of eight children of Thomas and Frances McGuire Ruane. His early schooling took place in Sacred Heart Parish schools in Waterloo. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School in 1944, he joined...
Rediscovering the Divine, with Cyprian Consiglio
"Cyprian grounds his theology in the earth, the body, and the feminine, presenting God as a quaternity of Silence, Word, Music, and Dance. In a “divine alchemy,” which should be our normative experience, “the water of our humanity is changed into the wine of...
Let Go of Fear, Journey of Faith
Once again today we hear Jesus proclaiming that his disciples should not surrender to fear as they carry out their mission. He even tells his followers that they are worth more than an entire flock of sparrows and that every hair on their head has been counted. ...
Saints and Popes Speak on Mission, Journey of Faith
Saints and Popes Speak on Mission Our Gospel reading today presents the beginning of the famous “mission discourse” by the Evangelist Matthew; it covers all of chapter ten of Matthew’s Gospel. Since our Catholic Church is missionary by her very nature and identity,...
Bishop Douglas J. Lucia HOMILY-Diaconate Ordination 16 June 2023
Diaconal Service: The Heart of ChristSt. John Vianney was known to say that "the heart of the Priesthood is the heart of Christ." Well, if I might broaden that definition a bit, I would say that the heart of the Sacrament of Holy Orders is the heart of Christ. Even...
Recognition to Br. Lawrence Kenning, MM
During a live-streamed event on June 26, 2023, held at the Maryknoll Mission Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Br. Lawrence Kenning, MM was celebrated and honored. The occasion featured the dedication of the book titled "Catalog of Medicinal Plants of the Botanical...
The Healing Path, James Finley, One on One
Orbis Books Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, as he discusses "The Healing Path:, with author James Finley in this One On One Interview. This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author’s lifetime in conducting spiritual direction...
Oath Ceremony
Permanent Oath: Sem. Joshua Mutende Maondo, MM, Sem. Charles Ogony, MM, Sem. Tzong Haur Matthew Sim, MM. Renewal of Temporary Oath: Sem. Victor O. Mutobera, MM. First Temporary Oath: Sem. Costantine Nyanda Kasikiwi, MM, Sem. Paschal John Madukwa, MM, Seminarian...
Spiritual Renewal Program
By the evening of April 30, 2023 all of the participants for the 2023 Spiritual Renewal Program had arrived safely at the Maryknoll Center in Los Altos, California. All gathered for the Happy Hour that filled the room with the Spiritual Renewal Program arrivals as...
Extended Leadership Board Meeting
The Extended Leadership Board met June 12-15, 2023 at Maryknoll, NY. Present were the four members of the General Council as well as Fr. Michael Briggs, Regional Superior for Latin America; Fr. Hung Dinh, Regional Superior for Africa; Bro. Mark Gruenke, Brothers’...
Publication of Joe La Mar’s Autobiography
Joe La Mar has published his autobiography, A Conversation With a Friend: Concerning Justice, Peace and Joy, available on Amazon. Read of the journey of an infant as he matures through his birth, foster family living, normal schooling and entrance into the Air Force...
Convocation of Thanks at New York Medical College
The atmosphere in the auditorium at New York Medical College was filled with a mixture of reverence and gratitude. It was April 28, 2023, and the college was hosting a Convocation of Thanks, a special event dedicated to honoring the individuals who had generously...
La Amazonia II: Mission as a Cultural Experience and Act of Incorporation
Whenever we are talking about mission, inevitably we bring in the aspect of a people’s culture. Talking about the culture of a people includes their language, their history, and most important, their lifestyle. Even in the life of Jesus and his teachings, all these...
