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.
“Most of us long for a kind of connectedness we rarely find…” “But when faced with the opportunity…we shrink from the very engagement we desire and have come so far to find.”I am currently reading Singing to the Dead: A Missioner’s Life among Refugees from Burma by...
A few months ago I discovered that the foundress of the Maryknoll Sisters, Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, made a cookbook! The book was compiled sometime in the 1920s for Maryknoll Missioners going overseas. The idea was to provide them with the knowledge needed to...
On December 8th, 1941 Maryknollers across the Philippines looked up to see Japanese planes zooming across the skies. Within a few days, many Maryknoll Sisters and Fathers would find themselves interned by the Japanese. This was the start of an over three year journey,...
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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