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'''Maryknoll''' or, the '''Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America''', is a [[U.S.]][[Catholic]] [[Society of Apostolic Life]] which has, throughout its nearly hundred-year history, had an exclusive emphasis on ministry and [[missionary]] work overseas, particularly [[East Asia]], in [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Latin America]], and [[Africa]]. Maryknoll Missioners include Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers ("the Society"), [[Maryknoll Sisters]] ("the Congregation")<ref name="Sisters">[http://www.maryknoll.org/MARYKNOLL/SISTERS/ms_missn.htm Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic] accessed online December 11, 2006.</ref>, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners ("the Association").<ref name="Lay">[http://laymissioners.maryknoll.org/index.php?module=MKArticles&mk_page=about.html Maryknoll Lay Missioners]</ref>
The three entities are [[canon law|canonically]] separate but work in partnership. The headquarters for all three entities are located just outside the town of [[Ossining, New York]][http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Maryknoll,+NY], thirty-two miles (50km) north of [[New York City]] on the [[Hudson River]].
This order was founded by [[James Anthony Walsh|Fr. James Anthony Walsh]] of [[Boston]] and [[Thomas Frederick Price|Fr. Thomas Frederick Price]] of [[North Carolina]], who met at the 21st [[Eucharistic Congress]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Canada]] (7th – [[11 September]] [[1910]]). Maryknoll was established in 1911 as the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America by the Archbishops of the United States with the commission to recruit, send and support U.S. missioners in areas around the world. On [[June 29]] [[1911]], [[Pope Pius X]] blessed the founding of Maryknoll. Maryknoll's first missioners left for China in 1918.
Today there are over 550 Maryknoll priests and Brothers serving in countries around the world, principally in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Throughout their history, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, Maryknoll missioners played a large role in [[Roman Catholic Church|the Catholic church]] in East Asia where some missioners still work. Maryknoll also has extensive connections with many Latin American countries, where it has long worked to help alleviate poverty and bring constructive changes to the life of Latin America's poor.
''Maryknoll Magazine'' is a publication issued by Maryknoll which attempts to expose a wide audience to its mission and other work around the world. [[Orbis Books]] is a [[publishing house]] owned and operated by the order, which puts out books on theological and other topics, particularly those with relevance to mission work and international cooperation.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Maryknoll Laymissioners]]
==See also==
*[[Catholicism in China]]
*[[Catholicism in Japan]]
*[[Catholicism in Korea]]
*[[Maura Clarke]], Maryknoll martyr
*[[Ita Ford]], Maryknoll martyr
*[[Francis Xavier Ford]], Maryknoll martyr
*[[Ron Hennessey]], Maryknoll missionary
==External links==
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqmm0.html Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America] statistics regarding Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers; accessed online December 11, 2006.
*[http://www.maryknoll.org Maryknoll.org] Maryknoll home page
*[http://www.orbisbooks.com Orbis Books] publishing arm of Maryknoll
*[http://www.maryknollogc.org Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns]
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