Maryknoll Sisters

The Maryknoll Sisters believe that we are all part of “One Earth Community”. That all of us—regardless of race, nationality, gender, background or personal identity—are all connected as a human family, with each other and with all creation.

We give witness to God’s love and devote our lives in service overseas. As nurses, doctors, teachers, theologians, social workers, environmentalists and more, we serve the needs of the poor, the ailing and the marginalized throughout the world.

Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc., is a congregation of Catholic religious sisters who have served as missionaries since 1912, when we became the first group of Catholic sisters in the United States founded for overseas mission. Today, we have more than 200 sisters serving in 18 places around the world and throughout the United States, including at our Center House in Ossining, N.Y. Our sisters and lay staff work as collaborative partners to realize our mission: “Co-creating a one earth community where the values of whole-making, mission and contemplation are being lived out.”