Building a Movement to End Child Detention
Dan Moriarty of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns tells why he joined the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children on July 18, 2019.
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Human Rights
Upholding human rights enables a society to put people at the center of all policymaking – political, economic and social – thus protecting the life and dignity of the human person whatever its condition or stage of development. In the year 2020, the world entered into the novel coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that impacts all aspects of life and presents new threats to upholding human rights.
December 10 is International Human Rights Day. Join us in reciting this prayer by Rabbi Brant Rosen. Explore our Lenten Reflection Guide on human rights.
To understand what our faith teaches about human rights, see “Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights.”
To learn about Maryknoll mission experience honoring and protecting human rights and the life and dignity of the human person, especially those who are poor and vulnerable, read Maryknoll’s 100 Years of Mission.
To learn about human rights advocacy, watch a 30-minute webinar, “Human Rights Advocacy and the Legacy of Sr. Dianna Ortiz.” You will also find a corresponding page of resources on current human rights issues.
To learn about new threats to human rights, see our articles featured in Maryknoll Magazine:
Upholding Human Rights During the Pandemic
A “David and Goliath” Story of Water Defenders
Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Children
July 18 at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Children
Please join us at a prayer vigil and demonstration for immigrant and refugee children at the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C, on July 18 at 10 a.m. Print and Share the Flyer Too far away? Use this toolkit to organize your own prayer vigil (Coming Soon) We have been shocked by images in a recent Department…
Ask Congress to protect workers’ rights in Honduras
Ask your Representative to enforce the labor laws set out in CAFTA and to suspend military aid to Honduras.
Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps
. On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees. Lights for Liberty will organize 5 main events in the following…
Synod for the Amazon: What to expect
The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region is scheduled to take place in Rome from October 6-27 on the theme, “Amazonia: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology.”
Philippines: Rural Missionaries face ‘red-tagging’
The impunity of human rights violators in the Philippines continues to worsen as killings of, and trumped-up charges filed against, dissenting social movement leaders and religious groups add to the already bloody campaign of the government against drugs.
Guatemala: Maryknoll Affiliate targeted
Maryknoll Affiliate Claudia Samayoa and fellow Guatemalan Jose Martinez face false accusations of criminal behavior by the president of Guatemala’s Supreme Court for speaking out against corruption and impunity.
Sudan: Nonviolent protesters need support
June 3 is the Feast of the Ugandan Martyrs, commemorating the execution of 45 young men for their faith in 1886. A similar massacre has again occurred on this day, this time in Sudan.
United Nations: Forests and climate change
The global community gathered at the United Nations in New York in May to take action on behalf of the world’s forests. The following article was published in the July-August 2019 issue of NewsNotes.
World Refugee Day 2019
This year’s celebration of World Refugee Day on June 20 is more important than ever. We share with you our letter to Members of Congress asking them to support legislation to protect refugee resettlement in the United States.
Honduras: Stop the violence, denounce the abuse
June 28, 2019, marked the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup in Honduras that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya and unleashed a new chapter of violence in the Central American nation. Now, a decade later, Hondurans join waves of Central American refugees in fleeing the drug and gang violence that is plaguing their nation. The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 13 organizations in issuing the following statement to the governments of the United States and Honduras on June 27.
Ask your Rep to Speak Out: Ten Years Since the Coup in Honduras
Take action for Honduras on the tenth anniversary of the coup.
End detention of migrant children
Take action to close the migrant child detention center in Homstead, Florida.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Mary Oldham Hannemann reflects on the care and compassion she has witnessed in her community in Mombasa, Kenya.
Pentecost Sunday
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Karen Bortvedt reflects on lessons she learned from the deaf community in Cambodia.
Tell Congress to pass H.R. 6 for Immigrants
Support the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Father John Spain in El Salvador reflects on the lessons we can learn from the early Church.