July-August 2016 NewsNotes
Read about the latest developments in peacemaking, the global migration crisis, combating trafficking, and much more.
Middle East Notes, June 30, 2016
Read about the goals of the BDS movement, the detention and indiscriminate killing of Palestinians, support for murdered Jo Cox, an British Labor Party politician and advocate for Palestinians, and an Icon of Mary as a symbol of Christian Resistance painted along the Separation wall.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
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
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
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
Father Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father John Northrup writes about his mission experience in Mexico in this week’s reflection.
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Larry Rich, along with his family, was a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Peru before working for many years as Maryknoll’s video producer.
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Erica Olson, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who lived and worked in El Salvador, writes this week’s reflection.
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Gene Toland has served the people of South America for many years; he writes this Sunday’s reflection.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s reflection is written by Christine Perrier, a returned lay missioner who continues to live and work in Peru.
Middle East Notes, June 16, 2016
Read about the the connection between hate crimes as in Orlando, Florida, electioneering exclusionary programs in the U.S, and the drift in Israel away from representative democracy towards fascism.
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In this reflection, Maryknoll Sister Theresa Baldini remembers women she encountered in South Sudan.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Jack Northrup is a Maryknoll missioner serving in El Salvador.
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s reflection is written by Kathleen Bond, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner who lives with her family in São Paulo, Brazil.
Middle East Notes, June 2, 2016
Read about new concerns that Israel is moving from occupation to annexation of the West Bank and much more.
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Anne Termini served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in rural Guatemala.
Feast of Corpus Christi
Maryknoll Father Steve Judd spent many years as a missioner in Peru and Bolivia.