Maryknoll or, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, is a U.S.Catholic Society of Apostolic Life which has, throughout its nearly hunred-year history, had an exclusive emphasis on ministry and missionary work overseas, particularly East Asia, in China, Japan, Korea, Latin America, and Africa. Maryknoll Missioners include Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers ("the Society"), Maryknoll Sisters ("the Congregation"), and Maryknoll Lay Missioners ("the Association"). The three entities are canonically separate but work in partnership. The headquarters for all three entities are located just outside the town of Ossining, New York, thirty-two miles (50km) north of New York City on the Hudson River.