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The Knoll, known as Maryknoll. The Maryknoll Sisters Center is situated in Ossining, New York. It consists of the Main Building, the adjacent
Where did the name Maryknoll come from? It came from the two founders of the Maryknoll Fathers. As historian Jean-Paul Wiest explains in his book Maryknoll in China (Armonk, 1988), ¡§Father Walsh had vacationed in a beautiful resort in New Hampshire called ¡¥The Knolls.¡¦ This designation was combined with Father Price This website is part of my research project on ¡§The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969,¡¨ funded by the Hong Kong Government Cindy Yik-yi Chu. The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: In Love with the Chinese. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004; Paperback Edition, 2007. (Chinese translation published in 2007.) Cindy Yik-yi Chu. The Diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong belong to a foreign mission group, whose headquarters is in the United States. This website aims to introduce the Maryknoll Sisters Center, and to promote better understanding of the Maryknoll mission. I would like to thank Sister Betty Ann Maheu, Cheng Pak Chi and Ho Ka Chun for their help in preparing this website. The MCS Former Students Association has given permission to show two articles published in its newsletter Maryknoller. If you want to read about the Maryknoll mission, there are also other choices: Penny Lernoux. Hearts on Fire: The Story of the Maryknoll Sisters. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1993. Sister Jeanne Marie. Maryknoll Jean-Paul Wiest. Maryknoll in China. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1988. This website contains photos which I took during my visits at Maryknoll over the past few years. Hope you enjoy them! |
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