the maryknoll sisters

Question 1

foundress of Maryknoll Sister Congregation

Answer 1

Mother Mary Joseph

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

1882

Question 3

Mollie Rogers graduated from Smith College, a non-sectarian private women’s college.

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1905

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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.

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1906

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

1912

Question 6

The Maryknoll Sisters was approved as a religious congregation by Rome.

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1920

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

1925

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

Chi-Rho

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

Maura Clarke and Ita Ford

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Ossining, New York

Question 11

• Archbishop Michael O’Doherty requested the Maryknoll Sisters to establish a teacher- training school in the Philippines.

Answer 11

1925

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

1926

Question 13

As it transferred to Issac Peral Street in Manila, the school was renamed as Maryknoll Normal College.

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1936

Question 14

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.

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1945

Question 15

With the increase in enrollment, the school was relocated to Dewey Boulevard (now Roxas Boulevard) and then to Pennsylvania Ave. (now Leon Guinto Ave.)

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1948

Question 16

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.

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1952

Question 17

Mother Mary Joseph died.

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1955

Question 18

Dr. Paz V. Adriano became the first lay president of the school, coinciding with the 50th
foundation year anniversary.

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1976

Question 19

The ownership and management of the school was turned over to lay administrators.

Answer 19

1977

Question 20

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.

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1989

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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”.

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2011

Question 22

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.”

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2012

Question 23

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.”

Answer 23

John Bartunek

Question 24

defined as a way towards holiness by patterning our lives in the likeness of Jesus’ life

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Christian Spirituality

Question 25

the MCHS student is invited to live out the Miriam Spirituality by developing an ever closer intimacy with her Model and Mother.

Answer 25

read

Question 26

All Christian spirituality is a following of Jesus who brings us in the Spirit to the Father.

Miriam spirituality is following the way that Mary traced out for us during her life on earth.

Mary was completely open to God.

Mary was sensitive to the needs of others

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read

Question 27

Under the loving guidance of Mary, the woman of faith, hope, and love, she will learn to open her heart to God and to others through a life of prayer and compassion.

Answer 27

read

Question 28

This is love directed first toward God toward oneself and one’s neighbors as objects
of God’s love.

In the soul of the missioner, there should be no place for pettiness, meanness, selfishness love of power or comfort…

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Christ-like Charity

Question 29

Limpid means transparent or clear; being beautiful despite being plain.

I like to have people see in us real simplicity, that gentleness…

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Limpid Simplicity of soul

Question 30

This is giving to the point where it really hurts.

People who are truly patient, who suffer things out of love of God, are people who are strong.

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Heroic Generosity

Question 31

This literally means losing ourselves for the sake of others.

Be generous, try to serve, and to cooperate with others placed over you.

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Selflessness

Question 32

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

You must see the beauty in the tensions, and have joy over differences.

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Unswerving Loyalty

Question 33

Being passionate when not controlled could burn you.

In everything that you do, if it is not done for God, you are not bringing any merit to me or the community.

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Prudent Zeal

Question 34

Focus properly on task to be done. Do not be all over the place.
Each of us has her place and that is the place we should fill.

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Orderly Mind

Question 35

This is recognizing Christ’s gentle tender presence in everyone.
Our mission is.. .to have the ready smile, the affable greeting, the radiating charm which will draw others to us.

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Gracious Courtesy

Question 36

This means being open to accepting challenges that situations bring forth.
Adaptability is that power of creating… the feeling of “fitting”… attempting anything which you may be asked to do.

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Adaptable Disposition

Question 37

Being devout, when not tempered may lead to being scrupulous.
Prayer need not be long… [It] may be the consciousness of the beauty around us.

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Solid Piety

Question 38

To laugh at ourselves and in trying moments has curative powers.
We have to be patient with ourselves — perhaps more patient with ourselves than with others.

Answer 38

Saving Grace of a Sense of Humor