Sister Angela Maureen is the former Maureen Gunning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gunning of Atlanta. She is a graduate of Christ the King School and St. Anthony’s in Atlanta. Before she entered Maryknoll, she worked for S.E. Underwriter’s Association.

After her profession, Sister completed her college studies at Maryknoll Teachers’ College and was assigned to the Pacific Coast. Along with other Maryknoll Sisters, Sister Angela Maureen teaches at the Maryknoll School for the Japanese.

Many of the students there are non-Catholic. Japanese parents are eager to send their children to this Catholic school because even the Japanese language is taught, and the school’s high standard prepares its graduates well for a ready acceptance in the Los Angeles Catholic high school. The Japanese regard education very highly and will make heroic sacrifices in order that their children may have the best.

The Maryknoll Sisters also do hospital and home visiting and teach catechism in this area.

Sister Elizabeth Therese, the former Elizabeth Conroy, also entered from this diocese. She was a bacteriologist for eight years in the U.S. Public Health Service in Atlanta. Sister is now teaching in the Mary Rogers College at Maryknoll, New York.

The Maryknoll Sisters are American women dedicated to God in Catholic mission work. They come from practically every state; thus, they represent American Catholics. There are also sisters from the Orient and Latin America.

The congregation was founded in 1912 by Mother Mary Joseph Rogers of Jamaica Plain, Mass., under the direction of Father James A. Walsh (later Bishop Walsh). At the same time, the Maryknoll Fathers were organized for a like purpose.

At present there are over 1,600 Maryknoll sisters. They are scattered over the globe, bringing Christianity to the underprivileged races of the world, or training in hospitals and schools for active work. Some are needed to maintain centers from which personnel and material aid can be sent to the far-flung missions. The Motherhouse is at Maryknoll, New York, near Ossining.

The Maryknoll sisters are catechists, nurses, doctors, teachers, and domestic, social service and office workers - a cross-section of American womanhood. They bring their talents and, better still, the American’s zest for pioneering - making light of hardships - to the task of bringing Christ to all men.