Feast of the Assumption
Bob Short, who served as a lay missioner in Ecuador in the 1980s, now coordinates the Maryknoll Affiliates, an international community.
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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
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Sr. Ann Hayden has served as a missioner in Central America; she will wrap up her six-year term on the Maryknoll Sisters’ Congregational Leadership Team in the fall of 2014.
Annual vigil to close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC
The annual vigil to close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC continues …
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Dan McLaughlin is a Maryknoll priest who has served in Brazil for many years.
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
After serving as a lay missioner in Guatemala in the 1990s, Kathy McNeely was a member of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns staff for many years.
Urgent: Stop cuts to refugee services; help unaccompanied children
The following alert is circulated by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition.
Demand that Congress REJECT rollbacks to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Urgent: Call the Senate and House today: Demand that Congress REJECT rollbacks to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Free trade: Threat to food safety, security
Alex Bianco, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns’ Faith Economy Ecology project, contributed to this article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Migration: Crisis on two borders
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) recently published Mexico’s Other Border Security, Migration, and the Humanitarian Crisis between Guatemala and Mexico.
Thailand: Military coup disrupts democracy
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Guatemala: Resurgence of impunity
The following article was written by Eben Levey, who has served as an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns since September 2013.
El Salvador: Struggles continue around mining
The following article was prepared by Maryknoll lay missioner Joe Hastings, who lives and serves in El Salvador. It was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Honduras: Five years post-coup
The following piece was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Dan Moriarty is a former Maryknoll lay missioner who works with Maryknoll’s immersion program in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Two actions to take to support migrant children
Two actions to take to support undocumented children at the border.
Stopping policies that fuel land grabs in Tanzania
Panel will discuss policies that lead to land grabs in Tanzania.
Guatemala: Stand for peace and against metal mining
The following alert is based on information from our colleagues at the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA and other sources.
June 26: National call in day on solitary confinement
The following alert provides information about a national call-in day on June 26, urging Attorney General Eric Holder to hold firm to efforts to curb the use of solitary confinement.