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! 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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!