Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic

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The Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic or simply Maryknoll Sisters are a group of Roman Catholic women religious founded in New York in 1912, six months after the 1911 creation of the Maryknoll community of missionary brothers and fathers.^[1] Until 1954, when they became a pontifical institute, the order was known as the Foreign Mission Sisters of St. Dominic.^[2] The sisters use the suffix "M.M." after their names.

The order was founded by Mother Mary Joseph (née Mary Josphine Rogers), from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a graduate of Smith College (1905).

The Sisters profess the evangelical counsels and devote their lives in service overseas. They currently number approximately 710 members from diverse cultural backgrounds serving in a variety of fields including medicine, communications, education, agriculture, social services and spiritual formation.

Some of the schools the sisters founded are Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon, Hong Kong and the Maryknoll College (now Miriam College) in Quezon City, Philippines.