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.
While searching for something else, I came across a diary entry from the Maryknoll Center by Fr. Edward McGurkin in February 1952 that made me chuckle. Fr. McGurkin was quite the story teller, and his diary entries read more like articles in an adventurers’ magazine...
“May we all find, no matter in what state we are, whether in joy or sorrow, ample reason for faith and hope.” ~ Mother Mary Joseph “Let no smallest thing in your life be anything but an act of faith.” ~ Mother Mary Joseph“Ave” wrinkled face etched with pain and...
Sometimes when researchers visit the Archives, they uncover mistakes made by Staff and researchers past. For example, a researcher came to learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers’ mission in Guatemala, and discovered that several diaries from those...
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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