Sister Imelda Rose Hammeke, ASC
Sister Imelda Rose Hammeke, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 71 years, died February 6, 2021 at the Wichita Center. She was 90 years old
We are the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, a vowed religious community of Roman Catholic women who were founded in 1834 as a teaching order by the Italian, St. Maria De Mattias, in the small town of Acuto, Italy. Worldwide, we are nearly 1,000 women strong, including 140 in the U.S.
We are the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, a vowed religious community of Roman Catholic women who were founded in 1834 as a teaching order by the Italian, St. Maria De Mattias, in the small town of Acuto, Italy. Worldwide, we are nearly 1,000 women strong, including 140 in the U.S.
Sister Imelda Rose Hammeke, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 71 years, died February 6, 2021 at the Wichita Center. She was 90 years old
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Sister Stephanie Mertens, ASC died on January 7, 2021 after a lifetime of teaching and social justice activism and advocacy.
Sister Mary Ann Bahr, ASC died on December 14, 2020 in the Caritas Center in Wichita, Kansas. At 95, she taught more than half of her life. She was one of 11 children born on the family farm near Olmitz, Kansas, and knew by age 6 that she wanted to enter religious life.
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Sister Mary Ann Mueller was a teacher, housemother to orphans, an administrator, and someone who cared for seniors. She was kind and loving.
Sister Agatha Marie Groft was a longtime teacher, province leader, novice director and mentor. She enjoyed politics, crafts and playing cards.
Sister Rita Robl, ASC, who helped others on their spiritual quest, died Sunday, November 15, 2020, at the Wichita Center. She was 90 years old and had been a professed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ for 72 years.
Sister Margaret Knoeber, ASC, a scholar, educator and trailblazer, died October 31, 2020, at Caritas Center, in Wichita, Kansas. She was 89 years old and had marked, just this past summer, 70 years as a professed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.
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