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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 food pantry. 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 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!

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 neighboring countries. We are thankful for you our partners in mission and are excited to have you on this virtual mission journey with us!

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.

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 communities of northern Brazil.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!