Maryknoll History
A Treasure Especially Our Own

Maryknoll Mission Archives centralizes, collects, organizes, preserves, protects, and makes available for research the legacy of Maryknoll’s participation in the worldwide mission of the Church.

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“The Graceful Tapestry” of Spring

April showers do their silent work, and presently the stage is set for an upheaval of verdant life that changes our dull round of hibernating existence into an enchanted adventure overnight. Miracles surround us, and we walk at least half on air as we tread the magic...

Lay Missioners in Asia

Lay Missioners in Asia

Four decades before the inception of an official lay missioner program, Maryknoll's pioneering lay missioner, Dr. Harry Blaber, began his medical mission in China. Beginning in Hong Kong in 1974, more than 150 lay missioners have followed Dr. Blaber into Asia as...

Let’s Get Creative 2

The second post in the Let’s Get Creative series is another poem, this time written by Fr. James P. Nieckarz.  Fr. Nieckarz, who was missioned in Tawain, had written hundreds of poems throughout his life and one that stood out to me is entitled “Lifelines.”  I hope...

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ABOUT US

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.

SEARCH COLLECTIONS CATALOG

Here you will find our catalog containing detailed descriptions (AKA finding aids) of our archives collections. These collections hold primary sources documenting the lives, mission work, culture, and history of the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Maryknoll Sisters, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners.

RESEARCHER INFORMATION

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Maryknoll Through History

Explore our timeline of major events in the life of Maryknoll