30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
The following reflection was prepared by Judy Coode who works at the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A)
The following reflection was prepared by Cecelia Aguilar Ortiz, a former Maryknoll lay missioner in Thailand
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Fr. Dennis Moorman has served as a missioner in Brazil for a number of years.
Middle East Notes, October 2, 2014
This week’s Middle East Notes focus on the Fatah/Hamas reconciliation, destruction and rebuilding of Gaza, criticism and support of Mahmoud Abbas’ UN speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s UN speech, and other items of interest.
Encounters #3: Facing the reality of peak oil
This edition of Encounters highlights the importance of energy for civilization as we know it and the urgent need for changes in the global economy in order to avoid the worst effects.
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A)
Kathy Morefield, a Maryknoll Affiliate serving in Cambodia, wrote the following reflection.
26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Paul Masson has served as a missioner in Chile and on the U.S.-Mexico border.
25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Sr. Lu Ahrens has served in Cambodia for many years.
Middle East Notes, September 4, 2014
This week’s Middle East Notes articles concern the destruction in Gaza, the present “long-term” cease-fire, continued construction of Israeli housing units on the West Bank, growing Israeli intolerance of Israelis’ criticism of their government, and other pertinent articles.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Kathy McNeely served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Guatemala in the 1990s. She subsequently worked with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B
The third volume of reflections from Maryknoll missioners is here.
September-October 2014 NewsNotes
This issue of NewsNotes includes an update on a campaign in Guatemala to stop a dam, an article from a Liberian analyst about the factors that led to the spread of Ebola in that country, and an explanation about the reasons why there are very few (if any) Nicaraguan children seeking protection at the U.S.-Mexico border.
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Br. Marty Shea has served the people of Guatemala for many decades.
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Marie Dennis worked for the Maryknoll Justice and Peace/Global Concerns office from 1989 until 2012; from 1998-2012 she served as the director. She is the co-president of Pax Christi International.
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. John McAuley spent much of his mission life in Asia.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Br. John Beeching has spent years in Thailand, and share many beautiful reflections about living his Christian life surrounded by Buddhism.
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.
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.