Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sr. Carol Marie McDonald, MM, reflects on how the Scriptures for this Sunday show God’s delight in us and the call to Christian community.
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.
Haitian Migrants in Mexico
The following article by Daniella Burgi-Palomino was published by the Latin America Working Group (LAWG) in November 2021. It is excerpted here with permission
El Salvador: El Mozote Massacre 40 Years On
The Washington Office on Latin American released the following statement, excerpted here, on Dec. 9, 2021, entitled “On 40th Anniversary, Search for Justice in El Mozote Massacre Must Continue.”
Maryknoll Sister Human Rights Hero
Maryknoll Sr. Patricia Ryan was recently recognized in Peru for her work over nearly 50 years defending Indigenous rights amid land exploitation in the Latin American country.
Joint Letter to President Biden on Remain in Mexico 2.0 and Title 42
Nearly eleven months since taking office, this administration continues to violate U.S. asylum law and evade U.S. treaty obligations by blocking and returning asylum seekers to places where their lives and safety are in peril.
“Advancing Nonviolence and Just Peace” for theologians in Latin America
Time: 8am Eastern Time Hosted by: Pax Chrsti International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative Register Here The webinar will be an opportunity to learn about the book Advancing Nonviolence and Just Peace in the Church and the World. Speakers will include Eva Pamela Reyes Gacitúa (Chile), Fr. Francisco de Roux, SJ (Colombia) and Pietro Ameglio (México). Most of…
Beyond Settler Borders
Time: 7:00pm Eastern Time Hosted by: International Mayan League Register Here Please join us for a vigil led by elders to commemorate and honor the Indigenous children we have lost at the border. December 8 is also third year anniversary of the death of Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Maya Qʼeqchiʼ girl who died within U.S….
Central America: Changing U.S. Policies for Migrants
The Root Causes Initiative is working to address the underlying structural and historical conditions driving people to migrate from Central America.
Nonviolence and the Web of Creation
The Earth can teach us how to be nonviolent and in right relationship with each other and all of Creation.
113 Groups Tell TIAA to Divest from Fossil Fuels and Stop Land Grabs
In a letter laying out six demands, the groups reject TIAA’s promise to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as “greenwashing” and tell TIAA to fully divest from fossil fuels by 2025, and to immediately stop its acquisitions of farmland.
Take action for Haitian asylum seekers
Urge the Biden administration to pursue a just humanitarian response to the situation facing Haitian asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Dennis Moorman, MM, on mission in Brazil, reflects on the need to restore the bonds that tie together all creation.
Guatemala: Statement on Migration and El Petén
The following is an excerpt of an English translation of a May 25 statement by Fr. Flavio Pereira Tercero and lawyer Ramón Cadena analyzing the root causes of migration in Guatemala, especially the El Petén region, in anticipation of U.S. Vice Pres. Kamala Harris’ June 2021 visit to Guatemala.
Guatemala: Addressing Roots of Migration
Guatemalan groups expressed disappointment with Vice Pres. Kamala Harris’s visit to the country in June.
U.S. Immigration and Budget Reconciliation
The Fiscal Year 2022 budget resolution proposals recently passed by the House and Senate include opportunities for citizenship for many undocumented U.S. residents.
U.S. Border: Title 42 and MPP Remain
Two Trump-era policies severely restricting access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border have remained or been recently reinstated, to the dismay of immigrant advocates.
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Mike Gilgannon, a priest with the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese who served alongside many Maryknoll missioners in the Andean region, reflects on the roles suffering and death play in our lives.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sr. Delia “Dee” Smith, on mission in Guatemala, reflects on how the Eucharist nourishes us for a life of mission.