Maryknoll History

Question 1

What poem did she have a strong belief in?

Answer 1

Yussouf by James Russell Lowell

Question 2

Christ-like Charity

Answer 2

The love is directed first toward God, toward oneself, and one’s neighbors as objects of God’s love

Question 3

Limpid Simplicity of Soul

Answer 3

Limpid means transparent, or clear, being beautiful despite being plain

Question 4

Heroic Generosity

Answer 4

Giving to the point where it really hurts

Question 5

Selflessness

Answer 5

Losing ourselves for the sake of others

Question 6

Unswerving Loyalty

Answer 6

We cannot say, “Sometimes I am loyal, sometimes I am not.”

Question 7

Prudent Zeal

Answer 7

Being passionate when not controlled could burn you

Question 8

Orderly mind

Answer 8

Focus properly on tasks to be done. Do not be all over the place

Question 9

Gracious Courtesy

Answer 9

Recognizing Christ’s gentle, tender presence in everyone

Question 10

Adaptable Disposition

Answer 10

Being open to accepting challenges that situations bring forth

Question 11

Solid Piety

Answer 11

Being devout, when not tempered may lead to being scrupulous

Question 12

Saving Grace of a Sense of Humour

Answer 12

To laugh at ourselves and in trying moments has curative powers

Question 13

When was Maryknoll founded?

Answer 13

1912

Question 14

Who found Maryknoll?

Answer 14

Maryknoll Sisters

Question 15

Who is our Foundress?

Answer 15

Mother Mary Joseph

Question 16

What do Maryknoll Sisters wear?

Answer 16

Silver ring with the Chi-Rho

Question 17

What does the Chi-Rho ring symbolize?

Answer 17

The world

Question 18

What is the sign of the ring?

Answer 18

Consecrated life and commitment to world mission

Question 19

Where was Mary Josephine Rogers from?

Answer 19

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Question 20

Where did MMJ graduate?

Answer 20

Smith College, Class of 1905

Question 21

How many countries do they (Maryknoll Sisters) serve?

Answer 21

31

Question 22

When was Mollie Rogers born?

Answer 22

1882

Question 23

Where was Mollie Rogers born?

Answer 23

Boston, Massachusetts

Question 24

What did Mollie teach in Smith, and for how long?

Answer 24

Zoology for 6 years

Question 25

When did Mollie start the Catholic Mission Club at Smith?

Answer 25

1906

Question 26

What si ghe Catholic Mission Club called now?

Answer 26

Newman Center

Question 27

What is the name of the priest she met up with?

Answer 27

Fr. James Anthony Walsh

Question 28

When did she meet up with Fr. Walsh?

Answer 28

1907

Question 29

Who was Fr. Walsh?

Answer 29

the Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith

Question 30

Why did Mollie meet up with Fr. Walsh?

Answer 30

To get teaching materials for the mission club

Question 31

What did Mollie and Fr. Walsh's meeting lead up to?

Answer 31

A partnership that would lead to the founding of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America and Maryknoll Sisters in 1912

Question 32

When did Fr. Walsh and Mollie find CFMSA?

Answer 32

1911

Question 33

When did Fr. Walsh and Mollie find the Maryknoll Sisters?

Answer 33

1912

Question 34

Fr. Walsh showed Mollie proofs for the first issue of a new mission magazine directed to U.S. Catholics which later then became?

Answer 34

Maryknoll Magazine

Question 35

What were Mollie's jobs with Fr. Walsh?

Answer 35

Editorial assistant, french to english translator, selecting photographs, writing and editing

Question 36

When did Mollie amd 6 other women travel to Hawthorne, NY, to assist the newly approved CFMS?

Answer 36

1912

Question 37

When was the United States no longer considered as a mission territory by the Vatican?

Answer 37

1908

Question 38

Where did the Catholic Foreign Mission Society move?

Answer 38

Ossining, NY (permanent center)

Question 39

What happened in 1920?

Answer 39

CFMS received approval from Rome to become a religious congregation, and they opened up houses in Seattle, Washington, LA, and CA to serve Japanese immigrants

Question 40

What happened in 1921?

Answer 40

Pronounced their first vows and six set out for HK and China

Question 41

What interrupted the Maryknoll Sisters' work?

Answer 41

WW2

Question 42

How many Maryknoll Sisters lost their lives during WW2?

Answer 42

Two Sisters

Question 43

What happened in 1932

Answer 43

Maryknoll cloister was established as an integral part of the congregation.

Question 44

What happened after the Second Vatican Council?

Answer 44

Ita Ford and Maura Clarke were among four churchwomen who were killed in El Salvador

Question 45

When did Mollie Rogers graduate?

Answer 45

Spring of 1904

Question 46

When did Mollie organize a small Catholic Mission Club?

Answer 46

1906

Question 47

What is Mollie Rogers' full name?

Answer 47

Mary Josephine "Mollie" Rogers

Question 48

In what year did Fr. Walsh and Fr. Price lay the foundation for the CFMSA?

Answer 48

1910

Question 49

When did the CFMSA receive papal approval?

Answer 49

1911

Question 50

What did the Teresians do?

Answer 50

Supporting Maryknoll men who were to work overseas

Question 51

Who realized the importance of the printed word?

Answer 51

Fr. Price and Fr. Walsh

Question 52

In what family did the Teresians choose to be with?

Answer 52

Dominican family

Question 53

When was this group approved as a religious congregation by Rome?

Answer 53

1920

Question 54

How many were the first US Teresians?

Answer 54

42

Question 55

When was MMJ elected Mother General?

Answer 55

1925

Question 56

Until when was MMJ's congregation leadership until?

Answer 56

1946

Question 57

When did MMJ die?

Answer 57

1955

Question 58

When did Maryknoll move at larger quarters?

Answer 58

1960

Question 59

In mid 1980s, where were the cloisters established?

Answer 59

New Mexico, the Sudan, and Guatemala

Question 60

What was established in Thailand during 1991?

Answer 60

Cloister was established

Question 61

When did Reverend Michael O'Donerty request the Sisters of the Maryknoll Congregation to make a teaching program for the PH?

Answer 61

1926

Question 62

What was Maryknoll first called?

Answer 62

Malabon Normal School

Question 63

When did Malabon Normal School change its name to Maryknoll College?

Answer 63

1952

Question 64

In 1977, the ownership and management of the school was turned to?

Answer 64

Lay administrators

Question 65

What happened in 1989?

Answer 65

Maryknoll College was renamed to Miriam College