Middle East Notes, August 25, 2016
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week's scripture reflection was prepared by Chris Bodewes, who served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Kenya.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chad Ribordy and his family are returned Maryknoll Lay Missioners who lived and worked in Brazil.
Middle East Notes, August 11, 2016
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Middle East Notes, July 28, 2016
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Middle East Notes, July 14, 2016
Read about the on praise and criticism of Elie Wiesel, the possibility of imprisoned Marwan Barghouti becoming the next leader of the Palestinians, and much more.
July-August 2016 NewsNotes
Read about the latest developments in peacemaking, the global migration crisis, combating trafficking, and much more.
Middle East Notes, June 30, 2016
Read about the goals of the BDS movement, the detention and indiscriminate killing of Palestinians, support for murdered Jo Cox, an British Labor Party politician and advocate for Palestinians, and an Icon of Mary as a symbol of Christian Resistance painted along the Separation wall.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
This reflection, by Father Dan McLaughlin, who lives and works in Brazil, is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), published by Orbis Books.
Feast of the Assumption
Bob Short, who served as a lay missioner in Ecuador in the 1980s, now coordinates the Maryknoll Affiliates, an international community.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Joanne Blaney has served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Brazil for many years and is currently working as the Mission Services Director for the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, based in New York.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.