Just peace in Bolivia requires constructive dialogue and reconciliation
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns released the following statement on the political crisis in Bolivia on November 27, 2019.
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Bolivia: Crisis and Solidarity
Dan Moriarty, an MOGC staff member and returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who lived in Bolivia for 17 years, examines the political crisis and ways to restore democracy and protect indigenous rights in Bolivia.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 22, 2018
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Dan Moriarty reflects on the importance of inclusion and encounter in our church and society.
Second Sunday of Lent
February 25, 2018
Maryknoll Father Stephen Judd reflects on restoring relationships during the season of Lent.
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
January 28, 2018
Maryknoll Father Paul Masson shares a story about a parish in Bolivia that is answering God's call to be a prophetic community.
Laudato Si’: Interconnected relationships
The following reflection, written by Chloe Schwabe, faith-economy-ecology project coordinator, is the last in our year-long series of opening articles in NewsNotes that examine the teachings of Pope Francis in Laudato Si’.
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 23, 2016
Dan Moriarty is a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who now coordinates the Maryknoll Bolivia Immersion Program.
Bolivia: End of the Evo era
In February, voters in Bolivia rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed President Evo Morales to run for president for a third term. Maryknoll Fr. Gene Toland, director of the Maryknoll Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia, wrote the following reflection on this historic vote..
Bolivia: Eco-unfriendly projects move ahead
Bolivia's decision to go ahead with a controversial highway and other projects represents a contradiction within the government of Evo Morales that advocates for a greener economy on the international stage while continuing to depend on environmentally destructive ventures nationally.
Bolivia: At the crossroads
Recent Bolivian presidential and legislative elections showed the consolidation of the political power of the charismatic indigenous leader Evo Morales and his Movimiento a socialismo (Movement to Socialism, MAS) party in electing him to serve an unprecedented third term with a resounding 61 percent of the popular vote.
Latin America united against Israeli attacks on Gaza
Latin American nations have had strong negative reactions to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, the term used for its recent military operation against Hamas, threatening to set back Israeli-Latin America relations that had been growing in recent years.
Bolivia: Groups address violence against women
The following article, prepared by Dan Moriarty, Jason Obergfell and Sr. Leila Mattingly, MM, all of whom live and work in Cochabamba, Bolivia, appeared in the November-December 2013 issue of NewsNotes.
Bolivia: Sign petition to bring Goni to justice
The following petition, posted to Change.org, was prepared by former Maryknoll lay missioner Maggie Fogarty, who served with her family in Bolivia.
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 27, 2013
Dan Moriarty writes this week's scripture reflection; Dan is a former lay missioner who now coordinates the Maryknoll Bolivia Immersion Program.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
March 17, 2013
Fr. Ray Finch has spent his mission life among the people of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru.
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