Stop U.S. funding of land grabs in Tanzania
Our colleagues at ActionAid USA are circulating this petition to urge the Obama administration to end its support of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Sr. Connie Krautkremer has spent much of her mission life in Tanzania. ” … God decides that our hearts will be responsible for holding the law. God decides to forgive and forget our past failures, and we can go on from there.”
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B)
Sr. Genie Natividad, MM, who serves in Morogoro, Tanzania, wrote the following reflection.
South Sudan: A step towards peace
Some South Sudanese believe the long journey to peace and reconciliation has already begun.
Tanzania: Attempts to end FGM
Lay missioner Liz Mach writes about her work in Tanzania, where the holiday time means the closing of schools and the return home of girls in order to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).
Africa: Military spending increases while wars decline
Two seemingly contradictory trends have emerged in the security situation of several African nations: an increase in military spending and a decline in civil warfare.
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B)
Along with her family, Joanne Miya serves with the Maryknoll in Tanzania. Her reflection, published here, is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Baptism of our Lord
Fr. John Sivalon, MM, who served in Tanzania, wrote the following reflection. It is also published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Third Sunday of Advent (Year B)
The following reflection was prepared by Sr. Patricia Gallogly, who served many years in Tanzania. Her reflection can also be found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Feast of Christ the King (Year A)
Fr. Mike Snyder has served in East Africa for many years.
Darfur: Women, genocide in 21st century
The Darfur Women Action Group held its third annual symposium in Washington, D.C. on October 25-26.
Pan-African network releases Ebola statement
The Pan African Network on Nonviolence and Peacebuilding has issued this statement which connects the spread of the Ebola virus with the potential for increased violence and conflict in countries most affected.
All Souls’ Day, November 2
Bertha Haas, a former lay missioner, prepared the following reflection.
Feast of All Saints
The following reflection was prepared by Fr. Dave Schwinghamer, who spent much of his mission life in Tanzania. He currently serves with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Liberia: Militarization of fight against Ebola
The following report, published in the September-October 2014 NewsNotes, was written by Ezekiel Pajibo, who was an active member of the resistance movement against then-dictator Samuel Doe in Liberia in the 1980s; Pajibo was imprisoned for his work, landing him on the list of Amnesty International’s prisoners of conscience. He now lives in South Africa.
Assessing U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
The first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, held August 4-6, has come and gone. Assessments of the Summit’s impact are now underway both in the United States and in Africa.
U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Sudan: War in the north continues
The following article includes an update from Fr. Tom Tiscornia, a Maryknoll missioner who serves in Sudan.