Stories by Maryknoll Mission Archives Staff
This month's blog features a poem written by former Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Jim Petkiewicz called Gathered Wisdom, which can be found in the Maryknoll Lay Missioner Creative Works and Personal Papers collection. Jim and his family were missioned in Mexico from 1993...
As we noted in A Century Ago, 100th Anniversary of Maryknoll Sisters' First Departure for China, at 4pm on September 12th the first six Maryknoll Sisters began their journey overseas to the mission field. They had begun their adventure into the unknown. An unknown...
Happy Halloween! In honor of Halloween I wanted to share a fun story I found in the Sisters' Monrovia diaries from 1950. The entry showcases the joyful spirit of the Maryknoll Sisters who took some time out of their busy days of helping tuberculosis patients to have...
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