Missionary Life

Missionary Life

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!

Episodes

Missionary Life in the U.S.A

July 5, 2023 • 40 mins
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 fo...
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Empowering the Youth

April 19, 2023 • 17 mins
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!
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Educating the Youth in East Timor

October 18, 2022 • 26 mins
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 neig...
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Living Off the Land in Panama

August 15, 2022 • 54 mins
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.
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The Power of Holistic Medicine

May 12, 2022 • 46 mins
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 communiti...
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Meet Our Eldest Living Missioner!

April 6, 2022 • 25 mins
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!
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Educating the Youth for 50 Years in the Philippines!

March 23, 2022 • 34 mins
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.
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Offering a Safe Haven to those with HIV/AIDS in Guatemala

February 17, 2022 • 44 mins
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.
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Bringing Love and Hope to Children with Cancer

January 24, 2022 • 46 mins
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.
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Life Saving Health Care Treatments for Guatemalans!

December 21, 2021 • 43 mins
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!
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Providing Meals to the Hungry in Peru

November 3, 2021 • 32 mins
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...
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Helping Panama's Elderly in Need

September 28, 2021 • 38 mins
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...
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Education is Breaking Poverty Cycles in Cambodia

August 30, 2021 • 47 mins
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.
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Maasai People Losing Food & Land!

July 26, 2021 • 41 mins
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!
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U.S./Mexico Border Crisis

June 24, 2021 • 27 mins
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!
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Saving Massai Girls from Childhood Marriage

May 26, 2021 • 53 mins
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 ...
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Panama's Indigenous Desperate for Basic Essentials

April 21, 2021 • 22 mins
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!
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The River of "Burning Waters" in Peru

March 22, 2021 • 50 mins
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 ha...
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