The Trails: Immigration, detention centers, and lost children
Written by Gabriela Romeri (writer/editor with Revista Maryknoll), Chelsey Clammer and Rae Bryant, and published originally on The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review website.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
This reflection, by Fr. Dan McLaughlin (Brazil), is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C).
Honduras: Human rights defenders held captive
The following alert is circulated by the Friendship Office of the Americas.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Joanne Blaney has served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil for many years.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. John Northrup wrote this reflection in 2010; it is also published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), available from Orbis Books.
Latin America: Combatting investment tribunals
In response to the dramatically increasing number of lawsuits and claims in international tribunals by European and U.S. multinational companies, ministers and ambassadors from 12 Latin American countries met in Ecuador on April 22 at the “First Ministerial Conference of Latin American States affected by the interests of transnationals” in order to create mechanisms to better defend themselves.
Brazil: Rousseff avoids media-led coup
While it was progressive organizations like the Free Pass Movement (MPL) that organized the marches, this year, with complaints about public services, as the protests grew in size, conservative forces tried to take control of the marches to make them appear to be a generalized clamor against President Dilma Rousseff.
Guatemala: Indigenous people’s human rights
Indigenous peoples of Guatemala urge Sec. of State Kerry to hold the state of Guatemala accountable for unjust actions.
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Erica Olson recently returned to the U.S. after serving as a Maryknoll lay missioner in El Salvador.
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Gene Toland has served the people of South America for many years; he writes this Sunday’s reflection.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s reflection is written by Christine Perrier, a former lay missioner who continues to live and work in Peru.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jack Northrup is a Maryknoll missioner serving in El Salvador.
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s reflection is written by Kathleen Bond, a Maryknoll lay missioner who lives with her family in São Paulo, Brazil.
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Anne Termini served as a lay missioner in rural Guatemala.
Guatemala: Reflections on outcome of Rios Montt trial
A few reflections from Maryknoll missioners on the recent trial of former president Efrain Rios Montt.
Feast of Corpus Christi
Fr. Steve Judd has spent many years as a missioner in Peru and now in Bolivia.
Holy Trinity Sunday
Ted and Maruja Gutmann-González served as Maryknoll lay missioners in Chile.