As Asia’s population approaches four billion, or more than half of the world’s population, the continent presents startling contrasts of wealth and poverty. While its governments range from the autocratic to the democratic, Asia has the potential for exponential economic growth and significant advances in science, health and technology. But the cost of development must take social justice and environmental values into account. In Asia the U.S. encounters ancient cultures and values from which it could learn much, as well as markets and trade opportunities that could benefit both Asia and the U.S. At the same time, robust Asian economies are potential competitors that could challenge the U.S.’s economic dominance in the world. With the U.S., Europe and giants such as China and India competing for critical natural resources, the globalized economy will demand political considerations – and concessions – of the U.S.
The Office for Global Concerns depends on the experience of Maryknoll missioners in Asia, who are deeply involved in many aspects of their hosts’ lives – religious, social, political and economic. Maryknoll personnel act as partners in diverse apostolates – in parish ministry, health work and education. Missioners work with persons with HIV and AIDS and with special needs. They support those living on the margins – people who are displaced, refugees, foreign workers – as they seek to promote peace, social justice and the integrity of creation.
Nuclear weapons threaten everything we love and treasure in this world. To protect humanity’s future, we support the Marshall Islands, a small island nation who is courageously seeking to enforce the Nuclear Zero promise – a world free of nuclear weapons.
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article, written by Maryknoll Sr. Marvie Misolas, was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
A peace vigil and march will be held July 25-26 in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the ending of the Korean War. Friday, July 25 Foundry United Methodist Church 1500 16th St NW, Washington, D.C. 10 am – 4 pm – Ecumenical Roundtable 6 pm – Banquet ($25), then viewing of “Memory of Forgotten War,” followed…
China has seen a huge increase in industrialization and growth in exports since joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001.
On March 27, the Philippine government signed a historic peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), granting the southern Mindanao region political autonomy in exchange for laying down their arms and ending their demand for a separate Islamic state.
Why is there an Asia Pivot and why did President Obama declare the U.S. a Pacific power?
The following alert is posted by United to End Genocide.
Maryknoll lay missioner Maria Montello lives and works in Cambodia.
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
The following piece was written by Fred Goddard, former coordinator of the Maryknoll Affiliates, and published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Sr. Helen Graham, MM is a theologian who lives and works in the Philippines.
After working as a nurse in the Philippines for many years, Sr. Mary Grenough now lives and works in Myanmar.
The following article was written by Maryknoll Sister Marvie Misolas and published in the January-February 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article was contributed by Maryknoll Fr. James Mylet, who has served in Japan for many years, and was published in the January-February 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article, written by Maria Montello, a Maryknoll lay missioner serving in Phnom Penh, was published in the November-December 2013 NewsNotes.
Sign this petition in support of the people of Jeju Island.
From April 18-May 4, Maryknoll Society Superior General Fr. Ed Dougherty and Maryknoll Fr. Jerry Hammond joined a small delegation that delivered medical supplies to people in North Korea who suffer from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
