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Maryknoll Brothers are men who commit themselves to lifelong celibacy, prayer, community living, and ministry.  Bringing a wide range of talents to the missionary endeavor, they build missions and schools, work as teachers and administrators, develop agricultural and other life-sustaining projects with indigenous people, serve in health-related fields and contribute in numerous ways to the ministry of Maryknoll.  In the early days of the Church, the Apostles realized that they could not preach Jesus’ Word without the help of others who ministered in various ways in early Christian communities (Acts 6: 1-6). Although they do not perform sacramental Church ministries, Maryknoll Brothers witness to the Gospel through lives of service and prayer, proclaiming the Word throughout the world.

Brother Tim Raible

My name is Bro. Tim Raible and I am a Maryknoll Brother, one of the newest members of the Maryknoll Vocation Team. I'll be joining Frs. Dennis Moorman and David La Buda, Bro. Joe Bruener and Deacon Steven DeMartino. Currently, I am living in and working from the San Francisco Bay area.

 Coming into this new assignment with the vocation team is sort of like coming home after 31 years, having lived in different parts of the Maryknoll world. I come from the bay area, having been born in the East Bay city of Oakland and did most of my growing up in the North Bay town of Vallejo.

Joining Maryknoll as a Brother candidate in 1977 was probably the most exciting thing I ever did in my life! It has certainly given me the opportunity to see and experience things and places and meet people I never thought possible.

Maryknoll has given me the opportunity to live and work in the South Bronx as a parish worker at St. Eugene's Chapel near Yankee Stadium; on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines as a parish catechist coordinator and school counselor, in the Kenyan cities of Mombasa and Nairobi as a youth and young adult minister and in AIDS ministry and, most recently, as the Mission Education and Promotion Coordinator for the Maryknoll House in Seattle, WA. It's quite a varied background of experiences, but one thing I've learned through it all - always be open to hearing the needs of the people and together you will find a way to help the people to meet those needs.