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.
Africa
Our concern for Africa is shaped by long term relationsips between Maryknoll missioners and the people of Sudan and South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Namibia. We honor their strength and wisdom and believe that African cultures and traditions often suggest solutions to seemingly intractable local and global problems.
In Africa our Global Concerns work is at times country-specific, focussing, for example, on the slow process toward peace between Sudan and South Sudan, or the genocide in Darfur; the political and economic collapse of Zimbabwe; the introduction of genetically modified seeds or the political situation in Tanzania; efforts to stop corruption in Kenya, among other issues. We also address transnational issues of great concern to all people in Africa: deep and endemic poverty; the HIV and AIDS pandemic; the call for the cancellation of illegitimate and overwhelming debt without conditions that worsen poverty; just trade agreements; the rights of women and children; and environmental degradation.
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.
Stopping policies that fuel land grabs in Tanzania
Panel will discuss policies that lead to land grabs in Tanzania.
Feast of Corpus Christi
Sr. Mary Reese has served the people of Tanzania for more than 50 years.
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sr. Mary Ellen Manz served as a missioner in East Africa for many years.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sr. Genie Natividad, MM serves in Tanzania.
South Sudan: Will resurrection occur?
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.
Africa and international financial institutions
This article, written by Amadou Sy, was originally published on the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Africa in Focus blog.
Africa: Views from Capitol Hill
The U.S. seems to have two contrasting perspectives on Africa: “Africa Rising” and Africa as “security threat.”
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Former lay missioner Marj Humphrey writes about an experience when she worked in Kenya.
Kenya: Surge in anti-terrorism actions
The following article appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Sudan-South Sudan: Witnessing history through the end of war
Kelly Kundrat, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, attended the third annual Civil Society Forum on Sudan and South Sudan, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2014. Following is her report from this gathering.
South Sudan: Bishops issue exhortation
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Second Sunday of Lent
Marj Humphrey is a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served in Kenya for many years.
Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, is a Maryknoll Affiliate, and served as the director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns from 1997-2012.