Justice for Immigrants Advocacy Day
The USCCB’s Justice for Immigrants campaign will host an advocacy event in Washington, DC, May 20-21.
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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
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Joanne Miya is a Maryknoll lay missioner serving in Tanzania.
Ascension Thursday
After mission assignments in the Philippines and Guatemala, Sr. Charlotte Hobler now serves in Baltimore MD.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Fr. John Spain has spent decades as a missioner in El Salvador.
Ecuador: Criminalizing protest
In the last few years, Ecuador has experienced a disturbing increase in government, police and military crackdowns on peaceful protests held against the exploitation of natural resources.
Mission forum: Fr. Doug May, MM on current reality in Egypt
Fr. Doug May, MM, will share his thoughts about Egypt’s current reality.
Guatemala: Ask U.S. ambassador to attend genocide trial
On March 19, Guatemala’s former president Efraín Ríos Montt and José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez are going to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres committed against indigenous civilians in Guatemala’s Ixil triangle.
UN: Promoting people’s empowerment
The following report onthe February 2013 meeting of the UN Commission on Social Development was written by Sr. Elizabeth (Claris) Zwareva, MM, who represents Maryknoll at the UN.
Send e-postcard to Congress for immigration reform
Send this electronic postcard your U.S. senators and representatives asking that they pass just and compassionate immigration reform legislation in the 113th Congress.
Third Sunday of Easter
Carolyn Trumble lives and works as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil.
Good Friday
Sr. Marion Hughes lives and works in Musoma, Tanzania.
Holy Thursday
Angel Mortel and her husband Chad Ribordy live in Brazil, where they served as lay missioners for many years.
Immigration: Security along U.S.-Mexico border
The ongoing struggle for just and humane immigration reform in the U.S. will probably stretch out all spring.
Kenya: The voice of the people
The following article was written by Sr. Teresa Hougnon, MM, who lives and works in Kenya, where elections took place on Monday, March 4.
Honduras: Small scale farmers swept up in violence
Over the past year, Honduran indigenous and peasant people have been caught between the land grabbers and the “war on drugs.”
Guatemala: From genocide to femicide
On January 28, 2013 a Guatemalan judge ruled that former head of state Efrain Rios Montt would be tried for genocide in a domestic court.
Way of the Cross for economic and ecological justice 2015
Join this year’s Economic and Ecological Way of the Cross as it moves through Washington, D.C. on Good Friday, April 3.
“Many borders, one body in Christ”: Social Action Summer Institute
This four-day conference for Catholic social justice ministry is sponsored by the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Justice Directors. The 2013 theme is “Many borders, one body in Christ.” Speakers include Bishop Gerald Kicanas (Tucson), Archbishop Ulysses Macias (Hermosillo, Mexico), Fr. Dan Groody, CSC (University of Notre Dame), and Rev. John Fife (co-founder of the Sanctuary…