The Maryknoll Mission Archives is the official repository for all corporate records and manuscripts produced by the three expressions of Maryknoll: the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Maryknoll Sisters, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners.
Here you will find detailed descriptions (or “finding aids”) of primary sources documenting the lives, mission work, culture, and history of the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Maryknoll Sisters, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners.
Our goal is to make your research experience as efficient and pleasant as possible. Please explore our Researcher Information page to plan your work at the Archives. We look forward to helping you with your research!
Stories by Maryknoll Mission Archives Staff
February 14, 1920
Today, St. Valentine’s Day, we celebrate the Maryknoll Sisters Canonical Foundation Centennial! Good news travels fast. This particular piece of good news began with a phone call received at Maryknoll by Sister Mary Francis Davis on February 12, 1920 from Monsignor...
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While searching for something else, I came across a diary entry from the Maryknoll Center by Fr. Edward McGurkin in February 1952 that made me chuckle. Fr. McGurkin was quite the story teller, and his diary entries read more like articles in an adventurers’ magazine...
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“May we all find, no matter in what state we are, whether in joy or sorrow, ample reason for faith and hope.” ~ Mother Mary Joseph “Let no smallest thing in your life be anything but an act of faith.” ~ Mother Mary Joseph“Ave” wrinkled face etched with pain and...
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