Missionary Life podcast features the work of the Maryknoll Sisters, missionary nuns who have been serving the needs of the poor, ailing and marginalized overseas for the past 100+ years!
Let us take you on a journey across the globe! You will get to experience a day in the life of a Maryknoll Sister serving in some of the most oppressed parts of the world, working with communities who need the basics (water, food, shelter, medical care, etc.) just to survive! We will even share some historical and heart warming mission reflection stories from our retired Sisters!
Each episode is hosted by their PR/Digital Communications Manager, Chelsea Lopez, who has the talent of discovering the Sisters most captivating mission stories. We are thrilled to take you, our partners in mission on this journey with us and know you'll enjoy learning how your prayers and support are helping so many!
In today's episode, Maryknoll Sister Ro Milazzo will be speaking with us from the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York. You will get to experience a day in the life of a Maryknoll Sister and learn what life is like after they return from overseas mission projects and what their involved in when they come back home. Sister Ro spends her days in New York teaching English to migrants, volunteering at the local prison and food pantry. We are thankful for you our partners in mission and are excited to have you on this virtual mission journey with us!
19 Apr 2023
Empowering the Youth
In today's episode, Maryknoll Sister Susan Wangazi will take us on a journey all the way to the country of East Timor, a country in Southeast Asia! You will learn how Sister Susan is involved with social work services, she works with underprivileged youth and leads a women's group for abused women. We are thankful for you our partners in mission and are excited to have you on this virtual mission journey with us!
18 Oct 2022
Educating the Youth in East Timor
In today's episode, Maryknoll Sister Rolande Kahindo will take us on a journey all the way to the country of East Timor, which is over 9,000 miles away from the U.S.! You will learn how Sister Rolande is busy teaching English to students in need, which is one of the greatest educational tools for people in East Timor. How? Learning English provides them the chance to improve their economic situations with better paying jobs in neighboring countries. We are thankful for you our partners in mission and are excited to have you on this virtual mission journey with us!
15 Aug 2022
Living Off the Land in Panama
Sister Melinda Roper will take us on a journey to Panama where she has been the last 30+ years! There she teaches locals and farmers in the rain forests how to live off the land and utilize organic farming methods to help reduce deforestation while still maintaining their livelihoods.
12 May 2022
The Power of Holistic Medicine
In today's episode, Sister Efu Nyaki will take us on a journey across the globe to Brazil where she has been on mission for nearly 30 years! You will get to experience a day in the life of a Maryknoll Sister and learn about her mission work. Sister Efu is the founder of Afya, a holistic health center offering alternative forms of preventative health care to those with health conditions and abused women in the impoverished communities of northern Brazil.
6 Apr 2022
Meet Our Eldest Living Missioner!
Today we have a very special episode with our eldest living missioner, Sister Helen Werner who is 102 years old! Sister Helen has been a Maryknoll Sister for 84 years and just returned to the U.S. from spending 35 years in Guatemala as a teacher and running a nutrition center to feed the hungry. You will learn how she has been making God’s love visible across the globe for literally the past 100 years!
23 Mar 2022
Educating the Youth for 50 Years in the Philippines!
In today's episode, Sister Helen Graham will take us on a journey to the Philippines where she served as a theology teacher for 50+ years! You will also learn about her involvement with issues of justice and peace and her work with political detainees.
17 Feb 2022
Offering a Safe Haven to those with HIV/AIDS in Guatemala
In today's episode Sister Dee Smith, M.M. will take you on a journey to Guatemala where she has been on mission for nearly thirty years! You will learn about the hospice center she runs for those terminally ill with HIV/AID.
24 Jan 2022
Bringing Love and Hope to Children with Cancer
Sister Kathleen Reiley will take us on a journey across the globe to Japan! You will get to experience a day in the life of a Maryknoll Sister and learn about her mission work. Sister Kathleen is a Pastoral Minister who works with migrants and children suffering from cancer. She helped start “Family House” in Japan for families of children with cancer, it is similar to the Ronald McDonald House in the U.S.
21 Dec 2021
Life Saving Health Care Treatments for Guatemalans!
Sister Mary Lou Daoust, M.M. will take us on a journey across the globe to Guatemala to learn more about her mission work. Sister Mary Lou is a physician who has been serving in Guatemala for 35 years providing life saving health care treatments to those suffering!
3 Nov 2021
Providing Meals to the Hungry in Peru
Missionary Life podcast features the work of the Maryknoll Sisters, missionary nuns who have been serving the needs of the poor, ailing and marginalized overseas for the past 100+ years! Each episode is hosted by their Public Relations and Digital Communications Manager, Chelsea Lopez, who has the talent of discovering the Sisters most captivating mission stories!
In today's episode, Maryknoll Sister Analyn Manauis will take us on a journey to Peru where she does pastoral work in the impoverished suburbs of the capital city, Lima. The effects of the pandemic have been devastating there, among people who were already barely living at a survival level. You will learn about her mission work and how she helped start a soup kitchen to provide meals to local people who would otherwise not be able to feed their families.
We are thankful for you our partners in mission and are excited to have you on this virtual mission journey with us!
28 Sept 2021
Helping Panama's Elderly in Need
In today's episode, Maryknoll Sisters Gerri Brake will take us on a journey to Panama where she has been the last 30+ years helping the elderly in need! You will learn about the history of poverty in the country with few facilities put in place to care for them, especially those with health challenges. Sister Gerri works with the New Life Foundation, which operates a residential care facility for elderly men and women. The reality is, many would not be alive today without the support they receive there!
30 Aug 2021
Education is Breaking Poverty Cycles in Cambodia
In today's episode Sister Regina Pellicore, M.M. will take you on a journey to Cambodia where she has been on mission for roughly two decades! You will learn how she has aided families in need with education, healthcare, and now the COVID crisis.
26 Jul 2021
Maasai People Losing Food & Land!
In today’s episode Maryknoll Sister Sue Rech, M.M. will take us on journey to Tanzania where she has spent the last 50 years working with the indigenous Maasai people. You will learn how she is helping them adapt to new ways of life as they’re faced with the harsh reality of losing their land and main food sources due to industrialization and climate change!
24 Jun 2021
U.S./Mexico Border Crisis
In today's episode, three Maryknoll Sisters: Roe Milazzo, Mary Mullady and Genie Natividad will take us on a journey to the U.S./Mexico Border! You will learn about the current crisis at the border and how our Sisters are accompanying asylum seekers, serving as a beacon of hope and emotional support system to many who are scared and alone. Most have been traveling for over a year just to get here!
26 May 2021
Saving Massai Girls from Childhood Marriage
In today's episode, Sister Mary Vertucci will take us on a journey across the globe to Tanzania where she has been on mission for the past 50 years! You will learn about Emusoi Center a school she founded and runs for massai girls who normally have no other option in life then to get married at the very young age of 13 years old! To date Sister Mary has educated roughly 2,000 young girls who are now successful career women, saving them from the grave reality of childhood marriage.
21 Apr 2021
Panama's Indigenous Desperate for Basic Essentials
Sister Nena Heramil, M.M. will take us on a journey across the globe to Panama to learn more about her mission work. Sister Nena is a pastoral minister working in some of the most treacherous areas to help indigenous communities in need of the basic essentials of life such as food and shelter!
22 Mar 2021
The River of "Burning Waters" in Peru
In honor of #WorldWaterDay today, our first podcast episode features Sister Pat Ryan who will take us on a journey across the globe to Peru where she has been on mission for 50+ years! Sister Pat works on an award winning human rights team in the rural area of Puno, helping provide basic rights and clean water to the indigenous communities who have had no choice but to consume contaminated water from the Condoraque River; which has caused them grave consequences for decades!
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