Sr. Rose Debrecht was a school Principal in Hong Kong speaking Cantonese, Macau, and Mandarin. Born in 1922, she passed in 2014 at age 91 and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 73 years.

Chapel is held for the Sisters every morning with communion and prayer service held immediately after.

Every Sister has a small item they've kept from decades of service to the countries they lived in all over the world.

After communion led by a Maryknoll Priest, the Sisters clean the chapel.

A Sister with dementia sits in the living room. The younger Sisters used to tend the sick and aging but now they hire laypeople to look after the sick.

The Sisters reside at the Motherhouse located on a 93-acre property in Ossining, New York in a building which took 30yrs to build during the depression and WWII.

Communion for the elderly retired Sisters is given by the younger Sisters that return from mission to serve two years at the Motherhouse.

Sr. Marian Teresa spent her time serving in Tanzania as a nurse. She is wearing a necklace commemorating the 100 year anniversary of the Maryknoll Sisters.

Outside the lunch room in the main building, Sisters park their walkers as they head into lunch.

Sr. Noel Devine has PLS or Primary lateral sclerosis which is a motor neuron disease which slowly shuts down the muscles . She spends her time looking after the other elderly sisters with dimentia, massaging their hands and making them feel comfortable

A small picture of the Mother Mary held by Eleanor Keeney that was given to her in Zimbabwe where she served as Director of Nurses and Administrator at St. Albert's Mission Hospital.

Sr. Rose Andree Krieger has been a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years, and was one of the second group of Sisters sent to Chile in 1951.

A doctor comes into the Motherhouse every week to deal with the invalid Sisters.

Sr. Noel Devine holding bamboo that represents her time serving in Hong Kong.

Sr. Noel Devine massages the hands of an elderly Sister with dementia to making her feel comfortable.

The younger Sisters relax at the end of the day watching television in the lounge.

Sr. Noel Devine has help as she gets ready for bed. Sr. Noel has PLS which is a rare motor neuron disease causing weakness in the arms and legs.

Sr. Margaret Rose Winkelman. 1916-2013 passed at 96 yrs old. She moved to Tanganyika and established two secondary schools becoming one of the first Sisters in Africa. 

Sr. Margaret Rose Winkelman holds the Mother Mary she brought back from Tanzania. Born in 1916, Sr. Winkelman passed in 2014 aged 96 yrs old.

Communion is held every morning led by the Maryknoll Brothers who reside across the road in Ossining.

Sr. Noel Devine before bedtime.

In the living room, retired Sisters spend time watching television and reading.

The Maryknoll Sisters Congregation Cemetary is where all the Sisters are buried.

Sr. Noel Devine is helped into bed by a nurse.

Sr. Maria Rosa Nakayama served in Japan for 52 years where she was a school principal and administrator in Yokkaichi. Sr. Nakayama was born in 1927 and passed in 2015 at 88 years old.

Monthly choir practice is held as some Sisters quietly sleep through the session.

Sr. Paulita Hoffman Arrested during the communist era in China in 1950 where she was put under house arrest for 14 months under conditions of fear, malnourishment, and abuse. During the public trial in the town square, Sr. Paulita's habit was pulled from her head, which she grabbed and wrapped around her arm vowing that if she survived she would never take it off again. Sr. Paulita was born in 1914 and passed in 2019 at 104 years old.

The Maryknoll Sisters Congregation Cemetary is where all the Sisters are buried after returning from many years lived in service overseas.

Sr. Noel Devine.