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The Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, or simply Maryknoll Sisters, are a group of
Roman Catholic
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religious
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women founded in the
village of Ossining,
Westchester County, New York
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, in 1912, six months after the 1911 creation of the
Maryknoll
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community of missionary brothers and fathers.
Until 1954, when they became a
pontifical institute, the religious institute was known as the Foreign Mission Sisters of St. Dominic.
The sisters use the suffix "M.M." after their names.
History
The institute was founded by
Mother Mary Joseph (née Mary Josephine "Mollie" Rogers),
from
Jamaica Plain
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,
, a graduate of
Smith College
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(1905).
The sisters profess the
evangelical counsels and devote their lives in service overseas. They currently number close to 500 members from diverse cultural backgrounds serving in a variety of fields including
medicine
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,
communication
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s,
education
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,
agriculture
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,
social service
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s and spiritual formation.
In the spirit of this "no two alike" diversity, the sisters serve the needs of the people where they are missioned, in about twenty-five countries.
Some of the schools the sisters founded are
Maryknoll Convent School
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in
Kowloon
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,
Hong Kong
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; Holy Spirit School (later Maryknoll Sisters' School, now
Marymount Secondary School
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) in
Happy Valley, Hong Kong; Maryknoll College (now
Miriam College
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It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult e ...
) in
Quezon City
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,
Philippines
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; and the Maryknoll Academy (now
Maryhill College
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) in
Lucena City
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, Philippines.
In 1930, at the invitation of
Archbishop
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John Joseph Cantwell
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, the order purchased a
tuberculosis
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sanatorium
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in
Monrovia, California
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in order to treat Asian tuberculosis victims within the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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.
The sanatorium was replaced with a modern hospital during the 1950s.
The entire campus was converted into a residence for the order's retirees during the 1970s.
Martyrs
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Maura Clarke
Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980), was an American Catholic Maryknoll sister who served as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and refugees in Central America from 1959 until her murder in 1980 ...
*
Ita Ford
Sister Ita Ford, M.M. (April 23, 1940 – December 2, 1980) was an American Catholic Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and war refugees. On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, r ...
See also
*
Maryknoll
Maryknoll is a name shared by a number of related Catholic organizations, including the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers (also known as the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America or the Maryknoll Society), the Maryknoll Sisters, and the Mary ...
(sisters, priests, brothers, and lay
missioner
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s)
*
Emusoi Centre, founded by a Maryknoll Sister
References
External links
official websiteCatholic CharityMaryknoll AffiliatesRogers Hall, Colegio Peninsular
(K–12
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school founded by Maryknoll Sisters in Yucatán, México)
Website for Documentary film named Trailblazers in Habits in limited release in 2013
Maryknoll
Christian organizations established in 1912
1912 establishments in New York (state)
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