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Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

Representing Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Maryknoll Sisters, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners

Social justice

Maryknoll missioners around the world feel the impact of social injustice and see its effects in the communities were they live and work. Flowing from their ministries of presence and accompaniment, as well as from the concrete programs and projects in which Maryknollers participate, we engage in the hard work of identifying root causes of social and economic injustice. With a particular focus on the geographical regions where Maryknoll is present, as well as on structural or systemic injustice affecting women, children, indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees and people with HIV and AIDS, we join with others of like mind to identify potential pathways to social transformation and to move our world in that direction.

Civil Society calls for Protection of Human Rights in Development Interventions

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined thirty organizations calling on the U.S. government to protect human rights in development interventions.

Faith Community to Congress: Reduce Funding for Unchecked Immigration Enforcement

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined thirty-six national, faith-based organizations calling on Congress to rein in funding for unchecked, unaccountable detention, deportation, and border enforcement policies.

Faith leaders defend right to asylum

We call on Congress to reverse the course of the Trump administration.

Maryknoll Leadership Statement on the Migrant Caravan

A call for compassion and transformation.

Justice and mercy, not ‘zero tolerance’ for immigrant families

The Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns denounces the new “zero-tolerance” immigration policies enacted by the United States on May 4.

Maryknoll Missioners stand with immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and Africa

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following statement on January 16, 2018.

Love and welcome for refugees

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following press statement on September 13, 2017.

Save the Dreamers, Justice for Immigrants

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following press statement on September 5, 2017.

An invitation to President-elect Donald Trump to commit to dialogue and inclusiveness

A statement by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns after the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Catholic groups send letter to Congress on welcoming Syrian refugees

On November 20, 14 Catholic organizations, including the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, sent a statement to members of Congress regarding the Syrian refugee crisis and the need to welcome Syrian refugees.

Maryknoll calls for compassionate welcome of Syrian refugees of all faith traditions

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued a statement on the Syrian refugees.

Maryknoll responds to release of Senate torture report

Maryknoll recognizes the great importance of the publication of the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the use of torture, which details terrible acts of horrific brutality.

Toward global solidarity: Maryknoll leadership statement on migration

The following statement was approved on September 6, 2006 by Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers General Council, the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Congregational Leadership Team, and the Maryknoll Lay Missioners Association Leadership Team.

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Articles, alerts, events

Palm oil: Thriving on collusion

This article is the second in a three-part series examining problems with palm oil production.

Nicaragua: Speaking truth to power

Catherine “Kitty” Madden reports on the crisis in Nicaragua. Madden has lived and worked in Nicaragua since 1986, some of that time as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner and many years as a Maryknoll Affiliate.

Crafting the Global Compact for Migration

UN member states are scheduled to hold their last round of negotiations for the Global Compact for Migration July 9-13 with the goal of producing a final draft document for adoption at the International Migration Conference in Morocco in December.

Immigration: Ongoing family separation, asylum crisis

Since early May, Maryknoll missioners along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns in Washington, D.C. have taken action to end family separation and protect the rights of asylum seekers.

Fossil fuel divestment: Ways to go about it

This is the second in a series of articles designed to educate Catholic organizations about ways to participate in the fastest growing divestment campaign in human history - the fossil fuel divestment movement.

Scripture reflections

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 6, 2013

This week's reflection is written by Kathy McNeely, who is currently a staff member with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Kathy spent several years in Guatemala as a lay missioner.