The history of Maryknoll in Latin America is rich and deep. Our commitment to the promotion of social justice and peace in the region cost several of our missioners their lives during the years of oppression, including Fr. Bill Woods, MM in Guatemala (1976), and Sisters Ita Ford, MM, Maura Clarke, MM and Carla Piete, MM in El Salvador in 1980. Some, like Fr. Miguel D’Escoto in Nicaragua, have served in public roles in support of those who live in poverty. Countless others have accompanied the Central American people in their daily struggles for survival, for social justice, for an end to the violence that destroys their communities; for new life.
Among the particular concerns of Maryknoll in Latin America are poverty, its causes and consequences; migration and refugees; health care, especially holistic care that includes good nutrition and preventative care; access to essential medicines for treatable or curable illness; HIV and AIDS; the rights and dignity of women and children; the response of authorities to the growth in gang violence; mining concessions; just trade agreements; debt cancellation; small and subsistence farming and other work accessible to people who are poor; and environmental destruction.
President Biden announced a new executive action today, June 4, that would close the U.S.-Mexico border under certain circumstances and prevent people from seeking asylum, turning away adults and families…
Former Maryknoll Lay Missioner Barbara Fraser reports of recent legal victories for water defenders.
Maryknoll Sister Doreen Longres in Peru reflects on Jesus’ call that we love one another. This reflection was previously published in 2018.
Join us, in person or online for some of the events this week with the Brazilian and Peruvian leaders of the Catholic Ecclesial Network of the Amazon (REPAM).
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy McNeely describes an encounter in rural Guatemala that was a powerful reminder of Christ’s love.
Maryknoll Sister Esperanza Principio writes of our connection to Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined Haitian Bridge Alliance and 480+ Immigration, Human Rights, Faith-Based, and Civil Rights Organizations in Sending a Letter to President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Mayorkas Urging the Extension and Redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and a Moratorium on Deportations.
Watch the recording of the presentation by Maryknoll lay missioner, Suzanne “Sami” Scott, on the urgent crisis in Haiti.
Livestreamed or in-person, join us for a conversation with Sami Scott, who was recently evacuated from Haiti after armed gangs attacked the rural town of Gros Morne, where Sami has lived for the past five years, located four hours north of the capitol city of Port-au-Prince.
The island nation has recently been overrun by gangs who are armed with guns originating from the United States.
A historic election in El Salvador’s history concludes with reelection for Nayib Bukele and the New Ideas Party.
The United States challenges Mexico’s policy of limiting the importation of genetically modified corn and glyphosate.
February 7, traditionally Haiti’s Presidential Inauguration Day, was filled with violent protests and gang attacks across the small Caribbean country, including in the town of Gros Morne, home of Maryknoll Lay Missioners in Haiti.
Expanding detention further criminalizes people who are seeking protection for themselves and their children.
President Bukele’s administration has suspended basic rights such as freedom of speech and assembly and detain tens of thousands of people without warrants.
Salvadorean citizens in El Salvador and abroad will come to the polls on February 4, 2024 to elect a president and legislature.
As part of negotiations over Pres. Biden’s supplemental funding request, the Senate is considering proposals that would permanently gut asylum and compromise legal immigration pathways.
A rural community in Haiti asks U.S. groups to work to stop the flow of illegal guns into their country as they deal with spiraling gang violence and hunger.
