Webinar: Venezuela Beyond the Headlines
As Venezuela navigates a pivotal and challenging moment in its history, the headlines often miss the most important element: the lived experience of the people on the ground. We invite…
Take Action to Stop a War on Venezuela
In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 3, the United States launched a large-scale military air attack on Venezuela, bombing military bases in the capital Caracas and various other…
Maryknoll Statement on U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela
“While we have long advocated for justice and the relief of suffering for the Venezuelan people, we believe that violence and unilateral military intervention are never the path to reconciliation,” the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns said in a statement released on Jan. 3, 2026.
Prayer for the People of Venezuela
Join us in prayer for peace and protection for the people of Venezuela. This prayer was written on January 3, 2025, in the hours after the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. God of mercy and peace, we come before you today with hearts heavy for our brothers and sisters in Venezuela. Our hearts are with…
Christmas Hope for Sudan
On Christmas Day, in churches around the world, we celebrate the birth of our savior Jesus and we say “For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.” (Psalm 89) Maryknoll missioners cross borders to some of the darkest…
Stop Escalation Toward War with Venezuela
For the first time, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on War Powers Resolutions to halt unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela. This is a critical moment to prevent…
Feast of Christ the King
Maryknoll lay missioner Rick Dixon challenges us to take on the humble qualities of Christ, our king. On this feast day of Christ the King, I rush to read John 6, where Jesus withdraws to the mountain alone after a miracle when he knows the crowd is about to take him by force to make…
COP30 Climate Action Alert
Maryknoll representatives are in Belém, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest, for the crucial UN Climate Change Conference, COP30. Scroll down to find four ways you can take action in solidarity…
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Sr. Janet Srebalus in Tanzania offers hope amid suffering. As we approach the last Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year, many of us are looking forward to Advent, and the Christmas Season, Christ’s birth among us, and the hopeful message of “peace on earth, goodwill to all.” However, before we start preparing for a…
Stop a War with Venezuela
November 3, 2025 Sixty-four lives lost. That is the horrifying toll of the 15 military strikes the Trump administration has launched against 16 boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific…
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Maryknoll Seminarian Joe Odundo in Chicago reflects on God’s temple. One of my favorite African theologians, John Mbiti, said in his book, African Religion and Philosophy, “Africans are notoriously religious.” This is neither an exaggeration nor a coincidence. Regardless of the religion people convert to, wherever Africans are, they carry their religiosity with them. This…
All Souls’ Day
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy Bond reflects on God’s love for us all. “Brothers and sisters: Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (Romans 5:5) Today’s second reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans speaks to us…
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Sr. Maureen Hanahoe reflects on God’s merciful love. How do we evaluate the quality of our lives? Is it through our comparison with others and a sense of self- righteousness, or is it through the willingness to accept who we are with honesty and transparency, embracing both our strengths and limitations, knowing we are…
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Fr. Joseph Healey works with small Christian communities in Africa and online. He invited members of one such community, the St. Isidore of Seville International Online Small Christian Community, with members in Ireland, Kenya, Tanzania and the United States, to write this week’s reflection. Here is a personal witness story. I am 22-year-old Mary…
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Sarah Bueter reflects on the power of God’s grace. In this week’s readings, those explicitly on the “outside”–the Syrian, the Samaritan, the foreigner– show us that God desires healing for all, and teach us about a faith that “saves”—a surrender of the self, a disposition of humility and trust, and gratitude that…
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy McNeely tells a story from Guatemala. We all have our stories. These stories are shaped by our cultural experience, by what our parents teach us and by the way we choose to respond to the world around us. While living and working in Guatemala among indigenous Qeqchi’ people the stories I…
Take Action for Haiti and Haitian Immigrants
Write to your members of Congress on behalf of Haitian immigrants. Nine months into the U.S.-backed, Kenyan-staffed police mission to restore peace and order to Haiti, the mission is floundering….
Stop Illegal Weapons Trafficking to Haiti
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and 95 organizations sent the following letter to the leaders of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security asking for immediate action to stop the flow of illegal weapons from the United States to Haiti. August 26, 2025 We, the undersigned 96 organizations, are writing to express our…