Mary Joseph Rogers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic missionary
Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1882
Place of Birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 09-Oct-1955
Profession: missionary
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Mary Joseph Rogers
- Mary Joseph Rogers (October 27, 1882 – October 9, 1955) was the founder of the Maryknoll Sisters, the first congregation of Catholic women to organize a global mission in the United States.
- Rogers attended Smith College and was inspired in 1904 by graduating Protestant students preparing to leave for missionary work in China.
- After her graduation, she returned to the school and founded a mission club for Catholic students in 1905.
- While organizing the club, she met Father James A.
- Walsh, director of Boston’s Office for the Propagation of the Faith, later founder of Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, through whom she was inspired to establish a mission congregation for women.
- Rogers moved to Boston in 1908 to teach at public schools and attend the Boston Normal School.
- The Maryknoll Sisters were founded in 1912.
- By 1955, the Maryknoll Sisters had over 1000 sisters working in some twenty countries.
- Mother Mary Joseph Rogers was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2013.
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