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The Maryknoll Society is (also known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and officially as Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America; Latin: Societas de Maryknoll pro missionibus exteris) is a Catholic society of apostolic life for men founded in the United States to serve as missionaries to the poor and marginalized.
The Maryknoll Mission Center and Museum is located in Ossining. [2] Maryknoll has its own Post Office and zip code (10545). [3] In 1921 Katherine Slattery (Sr. Margaret Mary), who had previously worked for the Postal Service, opened the first U.S. Post Office at Maryknoll and became its first Postmistress. [4]
Maryknoll Academy, (now Maryhill College) a co-educational primary and secondary school, was founded in 1938 initially name as Lucena Catholic School in the heart of Lucena (near St. Ferdinand Cathedral Parish), in Quezon Province, Philippines.
Rogers was voted to be the official leader in 1925, [4] upon which point she took the name Mother Mary Joseph. She stayed head of the Maryknoll sisters until she retired. Mother Mary Joseph espoused a belief that God was present wherever a Maryknoll is present, even if the actions taking place were not considered typical of a Catholic missionary.
Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM) is a Catholic organization inspired by the mission of Jesus to live and work in poor communities "for a more just, compassionate and sustainable world". They currently work in Africa , Asia , South America, and North America .
Maryknoll (abbreviation M.M.) or, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, is a Roman Catholic group of men and women dedicated to missionary service based in the United States. The men are formed as a Society of Apostolic Life of American citizens, while the women are an international religious institute .
Orbis Books is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order. It has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works. It was founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Ellsberg.
Father Thomas F. Price, co-founder of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, center, was pictured in a 1918 photo in China. Price made a countrywide tour of America to gain support for the new endeavor. By 1918, three young priests ( James Edward Walsh , Francis Xavier Ford , and Bernard F. Meyer ) were ready for the foreign missions in China.