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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.

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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Liz Mach, a Maryknoll lay missioner 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.

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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.

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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Fr. Mike Gilgannon, who served in Peru, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Book: Doing good … Says who?

Doing Good…Says Who?, a book written by Connie Newton and Fran Early, is based on over 400 interviews that put the reader on the ground with volunteers, NGOs, donors, and Guatemalans as cultures intersect. Through story telling, humor, analysis, and practical advice, Newton and Early highlight these five principles for guiding good intentions into shared productive outcome.

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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.

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Middle East Notes, July 23, 2015

This issue of the Middle East Notes focuses on the background and implications of the Iran nuclear agreement, including analysis on the ascendancy of Iran towards leadership of the Muslim world; the effect of the agreement on Israel; opposition by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli lobby, and the U.S. Republican party; the choice of diplomacy rather than possible war; and other items of interest.

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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Sr. Madeline Dorsey, MM, who served many years in El Salvador, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Sr. Veronica Schweyen, 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.

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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.

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Feast of the Assumption

Fr. John Sullivan, MM, who served many years as a missioner in Hong Kong, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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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.

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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.

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Middle East Notes, July 9, 2015

The six featured articles in this issue of Middle East Notes focus on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) recent report on last summer’s fighting between Israel and Hamas, along with support and criticism of the report’s allegations, plus news about efforts to raise Israel’s human rights violations at the International Criminal Court, and the release of the U.S. State Department’s 2014 report on human rights.

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July-August 2015 NewsNotes

This issue of NewsNotes includes a statement from the Japanese bishops on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; a commitment to action from the members of Pax Christi International; and a timeline of the Capitol Hill debate over Fast Track; plus much more.

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Pause for Peace 2015

The following reflection and prayer is a collaborative effort of members of Religious at the UN (RUN), which includes the Maryknoll Sisters.