First Sunday of Advent 2023
Fr. Alejandro Marina, MM, invites us to be “awake” to the causes of mass migration and displacement in our world.
Latin America
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.
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Peg Vamosy “what are the gifts and talents that each of us is given to administer to the best of our abilities?”
Sign the Statement of Solidarity with the Guatemalan Peoples
International solidarity is needed to signal to corrupt and anti-democratic government officials in Guatemala that the world is watching.
I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile’s Dictatorship
Orbis Books publishes firsthand account of two years in the repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet for the fiftieth anniversary of Chile’s coup.
Venezuelans in ‘Paradox of Broken Immigration System’
New U.S. immigration policies protect some Venezuelans in the United States, and deportation for others.
Latin Americans Build Solidarity to Resist Extractivism
Church and community leaders in Latin America met in Panama to strengthen their efforts to protect communities from exploitative extractive industries.
Haiti: International Response to the Violent Crisis
Despite opposition by many Haitians, members of the Haitian diaspora, and faith groups, the UN Security Council approved sending a multinational armed force, led by Kenya, into Haiti.
Statement of Solidarity with the Guatemalan Peoples
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is working with the Latin American Working Group and the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission to gather signatures for a statement of solidarity with Guatemalan democracy protesters.
Maryknoll Signs Letter to Biden Requesting Targeted Sanctions Against Corrupt Guatemalan Officials
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was represented among the over 380 people who signed the letter to Biden requesting targeted financial statements against the specific corrupt Guatemalan government officials who are actively undermining the country’s democracy.
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sr. Geraldine Brake, MM, shares for World Mission Sunday how she sees the face of God in those she serves.
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father John Northrop, MM, looks at the parable of the laborers at the vineyard.
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Larry Parr connects the message of gospel nonviolence to his ministry in El Salvador.
Summit of the Amazon: New Plan to Protect Rainforests
Indigenous peoples join presidents of Amazon nations in pledge to protect the rainforest.
Guatemala: Election Landslide
A candidate running on an anti-corruption platform unexpectedly overtook the former first lady.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy Bond sees Jesus’ outstretched hand in the work of the Welcome House, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maryknoll OGC Carries REPAM Concerns to Secretary Blinken’s Attention
In a letter co-signed by 19 Catholic groups, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns brought to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s attention the proposals by the Catholic Church sponsored Panamazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) in advance of the Summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
Tell Congress: Join Letter of Solidarity for Human Rights in Peru
Given the closeness of the U.S. relationship with Peru and the Biden Administration’s dedication to protecting human rights and bolstering democracy in the Americas and globally, we urge the State Department to support Peru’s democratic resilience.
Faith Groups Ask U.S. Amb. to Peru to Defend the Right to Peaceful Protest
Maryknoll joined ten other faith groups in a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to Peru requesting the Ambassador’s support for the human rights of government protestors.