the maryknoll sisters Flashcards
foundress of Maryknoll Sister Congregation
Mother Mary Joseph
Mary Josephine Rogers, founder of the Maryknoll Sisters, was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She was born fourth of eight children and was fondly called Mollie.
1882
Mollie Rogers graduated from Smith College, a non-sectarian private women’s college.
1905
nspired by young Protestant women missinonaries who were sent to China, Mollie founded a Catholic Mission Club at Smith College. It exists today as the Newman Center.
1906
Together with Fr. James Anthony Walsh, Mollie Rogers founded the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation. The Sisters chose to become part of the Dominican family, hence the full name of Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic.
1912
The Maryknoll Sisters was approved as a religious congregation by Rome.
1920
Mollie Rogers was elected Mother General, hence the title / name Mother Mary Joseph. Under her bold vision and loving guidance, the Sisters soon engaged in ministries in Hong Kong, China, and on the West Coast of the United States among Asian immigrants. Mother Mary Joseph was the congregation’s leader until 1946. She remained a source of boundless inspiration and mission enthusiasm until her death in 1955.
1925
All Maryknoll Sisters wear a silver ring with the ______ or first two Greek letters in the word Christ and a circle which symbolizes the world. This ring is a sign of their consecrated life and commitment to world mission.
Chi-Rho
After the Second Vatican Council (late 1960’s),
justice surfaced as a world issue and the Maryknoll Sisters, together with other religious communities, made an option for the poor. Maryknoll Sisters _____________ were among four churchwomen killed by the military in El Salvador because of their ministry to the poor and oppressed.
Maura Clarke and Ita Ford
Center is located in _____________ while the orientation program for new members is in Chicago, IL. Women who join the community are trained in a variety of professions, serving as nurses, doctors, teachers, social workers, catechists, theologians, agronomists, artists, journalists and community development specialists. Maryknoll Sisters try to be sensitive to local needs, searching out with the local people what needs to be done and adapting ourselves to various cultures.
Ossining, New York
- Archbishop Michael O’Doherty requested the Maryknoll Sisters to establish a teacher- training school in the Philippines.
1925
The Malabon Normal School was established. This was the response of the Maryknoll Sisters to the request of Archbishop O’ Doherty to establish and run a teacher-training school.
1926
As it transferred to Issac Peral Street in Manila, the school was renamed as Maryknoll Normal College.
1936
Soon after the war, the Maryknoll Sisters immediately opened the school in a private house on Fernando Rein St. and eventually transferred to two Quonset huts to accommodate its increasing number of students.
1945
With the increase in enrollment, the school was relocated to Dewey Boulevard (now Roxas Boulevard) and then to Pennsylvania Ave. (now Leon Guinto Ave.)
1948
The school finally made its roots in Diliman (Loyola Heights) after several transfers to different sites in Manila. The school’s name became officially known as Maryknoll College.
1952
Mother Mary Joseph died.
1955
Dr. Paz V. Adriano became the first lay president of the school, coinciding with the 50th
foundation year anniversary.
1976
The ownership and management of the school was turned over to lay administrators.
1977
Maryknoll College was re-named Miriam College. The name “Miriam” was chosen
because it is the Aramaic name of Mary, our Blessed Mother, and it is also a fitting reminder and tribute to Sr. Miriam Thomas Thornton, M.M., who devoted 50 years of service to the institution.
1989
Rosario O. Lapus, Ph.D., is installed as the school’s 5th lay president.
Miriam College celebrated its 85th year as an institution with the theme, “Expanding Horizons, Creating Impact”.
2011
Miriam College formally announces the establishment of MC-Nuvali in Sta. Rosa Laguna. This 15-hectare co-educational campus will be operational in 2014.
This year also marks the Maryknoll Sisters’ celebrate Centennial with the theme, “Making God’s Love Visible.”
2012
basic definition of spirituality:
“an itinerary for growth in our friendship with Christ. This itinerary has as its final destination what we call holiness, an individual’s firm, deep, integral, and dynamic communion with God. We call this itinerary “spirituality” because we achieve communion with God through the purifying of our spiritual faculties (intelligence and will) and aligning them with the wisdom and will of God.”
John Bartunek
defined as a way towards holiness by patterning our lives in the likeness of Jesus’ life
Christian Spirituality
