During the past year, current and former Maryknoll missioners in Asia, Africa and Latin America, in addition to staff members of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, have reflected deeply on the impact that the U.S. elections and subsequent decisions will have on the people with whom they live and work. The following reflection, written by Marj Humphrey, a lay missioner from 1987-2007 and a member of the Maryknoll lay missioners’ board of directors, corresponds to the lectionary readings for Sunday, November 9. Her piece, also published in the November-December 2008 issue of NewsNotes, challenges us to look closely at leadership, redemption and conversion as we live into the results of the 2008 elections.

The following statement was written by the Maryknoll Brazil Mission Community, a collaborative effort of Maryknoll priests, sisters and lay people who work in various ministries with the poor and marginalized in Brazil. It was published in the November-December 2008 issue of NewsNotes.