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.
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.
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
Maryknoll joins legal effort to keep DACA program alive
Read Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns' part in an amicus brief for a successful case in New York to stop the end of the DACA program.
Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers
Tuesday, Feb. 27: Prayer vigil and action in Washington, D.C.
Honduras: Stop the Violence, Stop the Repression
Statement by emergency delegation to Honduras, January 24, 2018.
Maryknoll decries the United States’ decision to rescind TPS for El Salvador
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns strongly objects to the announcement made by the Department of Homeland Security on January 8, 2018 that more than 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been living and working legally in the United States with Temporary Protected Status must leave within the next 18 months or face deportation.
Resources from January-February 2018 NewsNotes
Share our flyer about the World Day of Peace Message, watch a documentary about life in Palestine, plan to attend Ecumenical Advocacy Days, and much more.
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Scripture reflections
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 21, 2016
This reflection, by Father Dan McLaughlin, who lives and works in Brazil, is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), published by Orbis Books.
Feast of the Assumption
August 15, 2016
Bob Short, who served as a lay missioner in Ecuador in the 1980s, now coordinates the Maryknoll Affiliates, an international community.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 14, 2016
Joanne Blaney has served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Brazil for many years and is currently working as the Mission Services Director for the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, based in New York.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 7, 2016
Father Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 31, 2016
Father John Northrup writes about his mission experience in Mexico in this week's reflection.
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 17, 2016
Erica Olson, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who lived and worked in El Salvador, writes this week's reflection.
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 10, 2016
Father Gene Toland has served the people of South America for many years; he writes this Sunday's reflection.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 3, 2016
This week's reflection is written by Christine Perrier, a returned lay missioner who continues to live and work in Peru.
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 26, 2016
In this reflection, Maryknoll Sister Theresa Baldini remembers women she encountered in South Sudan.
Holy Trinity Sunday
May 22, 2016
Ted and Maruja Gutmann-González served as Maryknoll Lay Missioners in Chile.
Pentecost Sunday
May 15, 2016
This week's reflection is written by Maryknoll Sister Euphrasia Nyaki, who lives and works in João Pessoa, Brazil.
First Sunday in Advent
November 29, 2015
The first Sunday of Advent 2015 falls just before the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of the four North American churchwomen in El Salvador. This reflection is prepared by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and former director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Feast of Christ the King
November 22, 2015
Fr. Sacha Bermundez-Goldman, SJ, who served in Tanzania and Cambodia as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
November 8, 2015
Fr. Wayman Deasy, MM, who served in Tanzania, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
All Saints’ Day
November 1, 2015
Kathleen Bond, a Maryknoll lay missioner who serves in Brazil, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
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