America, In the Power of the Spirit, Witnesses to ChristMaureen Crowley Heil
What do you get when you mix almost 1,500 priests, religious, and lay people -- young, old and in between -- from every country in the Americas? A Mission Congress, of course! From November 19-22, those ...
Make New Friends, But Keep the Old Maureen Crowley Heil
When I was in elementary school at Saint Michael School In Hudson (of blessed memory), one of the many activities in which I participated was Girl Scouts. I began as a Brownie, eventually "flying up" ...
We need YOU on #GivingTuesday!Maureen Crowley Heil
The year was 1943. French Bishop Charles Forbin Janson had just returned from a trip to what was then one of the largest mission lands -- the United States. Bishop Charles was eager to do something to ...
Follow Their Lead! Maureen Crowley Heil
"Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Mt 19:14) For 180 years, the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) has taught children around ...
Looking to the Church: the Hope of Many Poor PeopleMaureen Crowley Heil
It seems we can't turn on the television, open the newspaper, listen to the radio, or check our inboxes without hearing about the latest weather-related catastrophe. The havoc wreaked by Hurricanes ...
One Great Day for the Missions Maureen Crowley Heil
On Sunday, October 20, Father Giuseppe Allamano, an Italian priest and founder of the Consolata Missionaries and the Consolata Missionary Sisters, was officially declared Saint Giuseppe Allamano by Pope ...
Can you hear the beat of the drum calling the community to Mass? It's the invitation to the banquet!Maureen Crowley Heil
The parishioners of Saint Joseph Parish in Hosanna, Ethiopia are ready to celebrate because it is World Mission Sunday -- a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church's ...
In the Missions, Sometimes Rank Does Not Have its Privilege Maureen Crowley Heil
When we think about those who work in the hierarchy of any institution, the Church included, we can conjure up thoughts of those who live better than the rest of us. Indeed, we need look no further than ...
