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.
I recently had the opportunity to work with the Maryknoll Sisters’ Contemplative Community collection. One of the items that I came across was the Cloister Cookbook. According to the book, the “aim is to serve God by a life of prayer and penance. For this we need...
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...
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...
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.
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