Origin from 1912
The Maryknoll Sisters are a Catholic missionary congregation founded in 1912 in Ossining, Westchester County, New York, by Mary Joseph Rogers, originally under the name Foreign Mission Sisters of St Dominic and formally recognized as a pontifical institute in 1954; members use the post-nominal letters MM. Founded six months after the male Maryknoll community, the sisters dedicated themselves to Catholic missionary work overseas, with an early focus on East Asia including China from 1921 and Korea from 1922, and by 2023 counted approximately 300 women serving across 18 countries in fields including medicine, education, communications, agriculture and social services. Two sisters were martyred during the Second World War, and two more members, Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, were among four American churchwomen murdered in El Salvador in 1980.
Facts
Classification
Kind of orderCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations 1 ApostolateCharitable and Medical Work 2 Who may join Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority 2 Practice
Liturgical Language Liturgical Language Origins
Origin Period Organisation
OrdinationVowed Religious Profession (not ordained) 2 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Originated In
Source Wikipedia: Maryknoll Sisters
Rooted In
Source Wikipedia: Maryknoll Sisters
Uses Liturgical Language
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Maryknoll Sisters
Wikipedialead paragraph
The Maryknoll Sisters (formerly the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic/Teresians) are an institute of Catholic religious sisters founded in the village of Ossining, Westchester County, New Yor
Introduction, apostolate
Dominic/Teresians) are an institute of Catholic religious sisters founded in the village of Ossining, Westchester County, New York, in 1912, six months after the 1911 creation of the Maryknoll community of missionary brothers and fathers.
Introduction, membership eligibility
Dominic/Teresians) are an institute of Catholic religious sisters founded in the village of Ossining, Westchester County, New York, in 1912, six months after the 1911 creation of the Maryknoll community of missionary brothers and fathers.
Originated In: United States, Lead
founded in the village of Ossining, Westchester County, New York, in 1912
Rooted In: Roman Catholicism, Lead section
The Maryknoll Sisters (formerly the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic/Teresians) are an institute of Catholic religious sisters founded in the village of Ossining, Westchester County, New York, in 1912, six months after the 1911 creation of the Maryknoll community of missionary brothers and fathers.
View the Source 2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
Wikidata: Maryknoll Sisters
Wikidata Q941717, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
Choose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.