Father Dae Kim (김 대욱) remembers that he was called to the priesthood at, of all the places, a bowling alley in Queens, New York. That is where he definitely decided to join the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Father Kim was born in Busan, South Korea, as the only child of Kwan Mo Kim and […]
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Father Bob McCahill, M.M. recently sent several stories from Bangladesh, where the Goshen, Indiana, native serves in mission. Father McCahill is known as the “Bicycle Disciple,” since he travels the countryside on his bike to serve the sick and the poor.
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The following Christmas letter from an early Maryknoll missioner to China was submitted to Maryknoll magazine by Louise Moresco of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, who was given it in 1950 and saved it as “a reminder of all the good works our missioners do around the world.” The writer, Father Gerard A. Donovan, served in […]
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Maryknoll missioners often explain that their work in mission is rewarded many times over with the hospitality, warmth, love and prayers that they receive from the people they serve. One example of this resulted in a gift of a lifetime.
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“We must love before we can truly value an alien culture,” Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. On September 14, 1912 Francis Xavier Ford started his pastoral life with Maryknoll. Ford was the first Maryknoll seminarian. He was one of three Maryknoll priests, along with co-founder Father Thomas F. Price, who were sent on the first […]
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Maryknoll Father Edward Schoellmann serves in mission in the far eastern part of Tanzania’s Sinyanga Diocese.
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More than 400 men have served as Maryknoll Brothers since the founding of the Maryknoll Society, and each one is associated with unique stories from personal lives and from service to Maryknoll. The following anecdotes feature several of the men who have dedicated their lives to Maryknoll.
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The cause for beatification of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers co-founder Father Thomas F. Price opened in the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, with a prayer service at Raleigh’s Sacred Heart Cathedral on Friday, March 9, 2012.
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The year commemorating the centennial of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers has again been blessed. The Maryknoll Society is rejoicing for the cause for beatification and canonization of Maryknoll Society co-founder Bishop James A. Walsh. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the Archdiocese of New York in New York City, the cause for beatification and […]
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Bradley Hilltopics magazine is published quarterly for alumni, faculty, staff, parents of students, and friends of Bradley University. Founded by Lydia Moss Bradley in 1897, Bradley University is a private, independent university located in Peoria, Illinois. Father Bill Donnelly, a graduate of the class of 1955, used his Bradley degree in art to serve his […]
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