Stories by Maryknoll Mission Archives Staff
Letters from Fr. John P. Casey, MM
Dear Mom and Dad is how Fr. John P. Casey began 49 letters in 1957 that tell the story of his first year on the Maryknoll Society’s mission in Zanaki, Tanzania. Fr. Casey was ordained on June 9, 1956 and assigned to work in Tanzania where he spent nearly all of his 40...
We have made it into the month of February! That’s right, the second month of the year has begun and we are moving forward into the New Year at whatever pace each one of us chooses to push through the cold. Though beautiful winter scenes can accompany this lovely...
The Maryknoll Sisters' connection to mainland China began in 1921, when the first six Sisters began their mission life in Yeungkong (Yangjiang). But by 1952, no Sisters remained. The Communist government made it too dangerous for their work to continue. However, in...
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