Middle East Notes, May 19, 2016
Read about the on the Israel/Palestine conflict as both peoples remember the establishment of the state of Israel on the one hand and the Nakba (catastrophe) on the other.
Holy Trinity Sunday
Ted and Maruja Gutmann-González served as Maryknoll Lay Missioners in Chile.
Pentecost Sunday
This week's reflection is written by Maryknoll Sister Euphrasia Nyaki, who lives and works in João Pessoa, Brazil.
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Joanne Miya, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner serving in Tanzania, writes this week's reflection.
Middle East Notes, May 5, 2016
The six featured articles and the many related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the suffering of the Palestinian people due to the Israeli occupation; two book recommendations; one stating that the U.S. has undermined peace in the Middle East, and the other describing the path of an Israeli Jew to belief in peace between two peoples in the same land; Israeli rejection of the French initiative to convene an international peace conference, ahead of a foreign ministers' summit France has initiated and planned for May 30 in Paris; conflicting reports about the killing of a pregnant Palestinian young woman and her brother as they walked the wrong route while heading to the Qalandia terminal, and links to other articles of interest.
May-June 2016 NewsNotes
This issue of NewsNotes includes reports on the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference in Rome, analysis of the political turmoil in Brazil, social justice and environmental actions in the Philippines and Bolivia, and much more.
Ascension Thursday
Maryknoll Sister Charlotte Hobler, who was on mission for many years in the Philippines and Guatemala, writes this reflection on the Gospel message for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Father John Spain has spent decades as a missioner in El Salvador.
Middle East Notes, April 21, 2016
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sr. Janet Hockman served as a missioner in the Marshall Islands and in Nepal.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Former Maryknoll Brother Mark Huntington lived and worked in Kenya as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner and in Tanzania and Mozambique as a Maryknoll Brother.