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Maryknoll OGC Joins Open Letter in Support of H. Res. 317

In an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryknoll Office for Global concerns joined a coalition led by Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War in a message in support of a House Resolution urging a reversal of the nuclear arms race.

Maryknoll OGC Signs Letter to Senate Urging Against Foreign Aid Funding Rescission

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance in this letter to the leadership on the Senate Committee on Appropriations to ask for the rejection of the House bill that rescinded over $8 billion dollars of foreign aid, with the potential to cause irreparable harm and human suffering.

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  • July – August 2025
    Vol. 50, No. 4 A bi-monthly newsletter on international justice and peace issues.

Scripture Reflection
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    Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    Maryknoll Lay Missioner Heidi Cerneka reflects on the Gospel call to

Relay of Hope DC

Join us in Washington, DC as we participate in the Relay of Hope: a global public action taking place May 24-28 in a call to end the debt crisis. We will gather in the United Methodist Building for breakfast, the lighting of our candle and reflection on turning debt into hope,…

2025 Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice

Join us on Good Friday to commemorate the Passion of Christ by a Way of the Cross procession among DC institutions. Meet at the National Archives at 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, across from the Archives – Navy Memorial Metro Station. Click here to RSVP. The observance of Christ’s Passion…

Lenten Reflection Guide 2025: Jubilee of Hope

Join us for prayer this Lent with reflections on the readings from Ash Wednesday, March 5, through Palm Sunday, April 13. The 2025 Lenten Reflection Guide: Jubilee of Hope from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns contains reflections, questions, prayers, fasts, and actions based on each week’s Gospel reading and…

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  • Maryknoll OGC Joins Open Letter in Support of H. Res. 317

    In an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryknoll Office for Global concerns joined a coalition led by Back from the Brink:…

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  • Maryknoll OGC Signs Letter to Senate Urging Against Foreign Aid Funding Rescission

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance in this letter to the leadership on the Senate Committee on…

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  • Maryknoll OGC Among 200+ NGO’s Calling for UN-Coordinated Aid Distribution in Gaza

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among 200+ NGOs calling for an immediate end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme in Gaza and revert to…

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  • Maryknoll OGC Joins Amicus Brief to U.S. Court of Appeals on Behalf of Humanitarian Parole Plaintiffs

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 11 religiously-affiliated organizations that provide support to immigrants in writing to the U.S. Court of Appeals on the…

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  • Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Senate in Opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 45 other faith-based organizations in the Washington, DC, Interfaith Staff Community writing to the Majority Leader and Minority…

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  • Maryknoll OGC  Joins Statement Decrying Strike on Iran

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 75 civil and human rights and foreign policy organizations in condemning U.S. unauthorized strikes on Iran.

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