All Saints’ Day
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.
Other
Examples of other issues we work on include anti-racism, the response to HIV/AIDS, and human trafficking, among others.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Fr. Ken Thesing, 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.
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Fr. James Kroeger, MM, who served in the Philippines, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
David Kane, a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served 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.
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine, who served as lay Maryknoll missionaries in Mexico, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation
September 1 is designated the annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
Encounters #7: Laudato Si’ and FEET’s first pillar
In the next few Encounters, we will look at the encyclical from the perspective of FEET’s four pillars, the key areas where we feel that change is needed in order to guarantee a decent future for the next generations.
Moral action on climate
September 21-25 will be the “week of moral action on climate” as we take advantage of Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C. to highlight the critical issue of climate change.
Ecological conversion: Called to hope, spurred to action
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns offers a reflection in response to the encyclical “Laudato Si’: On the care of our common home.”
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Judy Coode, communications director for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns in Washington DC, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Jean Walsh, a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served in Mexico, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Sr. Luise Ahrens, MM, who served in Cambodia, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Religious groups oppose State Department’s upgrade of Malaysia’s trafficking status
Maryknoll and 13 other religious organizations sent a letter to members of a Congressional conference committee to express deep moral concerns related to H.R. 644, the “Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015” (also referred to as the Customs bill), particularly that the final bill could weaken strong anti-trafficking provision in the trade promotion authority bill signed into law June 29.
Trade: No Fast Track for Human Traffickers
On June 12, at the height of the Fast Track fight on Capitol Hill, the following opinion piece by Maryknoll Sister Helene O’Sullivan in support of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill’s “No Fast Track for Human Traffickers” amendment was published in The Hill, an influential news source on Capitol Hill.
Resources from the July-August 2015 NewsNotes
All of the resources in the July-August 2015 NewsNotes relate to Laudato Si’, the encyclical released on June 18.
Timeline of recent fight against Fast Track
During the months of May and June, trade was the primary issue on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Trade: Human rights violations by TPP nations
Public Citizen released this press release on the occasion of the publication of the State Department’s annual human rights report on June 25.
Bolivia: Eco-unfriendly projects move ahead
Bolivia’s decision to go ahead with a controversial highway and other projects represents a contradiction within the government of Evo Morales that advocates for a greener economy on the international stage while continuing to depend on environmentally destructive ventures nationally.