Sister Ruth Timmermeyer
Sister Ruth Timmermeyer, ASC died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Wichita Center. She was 93 years old and was a professed Adorer of the… Read More »Sister Ruth Timmermeyer
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Adorers of the Blood of Christ
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 Mary Perpetua Gusic, ASC
Sister Mary Perpetua Gusic taught school for 50 years in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia and New Mexico. She was 98 years old.
Sister Bernice Taylor
Sister Bernice Taylor, ASC, a teacher who saw the humor in life and loved to tell stories, died Tuesday, March 10. She was 100 years… Read More »Sister Bernice Taylor
Sister Elizabeth Determan
Sister Elizabeth Determan, ASC of El Reno, Oklahoma died February 6, 2020 at the Wichita (Kansas) Center. She was 98 and had been an Adorer… Read More »Sister Elizabeth Determan
Sister Marian Russo, ASC
Sister Marian Russo, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ, died February 1, 2020 at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois. She was 76 years old… Read More »Sister Marian Russo, ASC
Sister Theresa Marie Braun, ASC
Sister Theresa Marie Braun, ASC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at the Ruma Center in Ruma, Illinois. She was 93 years old and was a… Read More »Sister Theresa Marie Braun, ASC
Tanzania, 50 Years On
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Adorers’ arrival in Tanzania in East Africa, which is now its own “region” or province of the… Read More »Tanzania, 50 Years On
Sister Mary Thomasine Stoecklein
Sister Mary Thomasine Stoecklein, a lifelong educator and professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 78 years, died Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at the… Read More »Sister Mary Thomasine Stoecklein
Mother Augusta Volk (1828-1893)
Mother Augusta Volk was born in Bombach, Germany in 1828. She destined to lead the community during particularly trying times.
Sister Antonia Strittmatter (1830-1907)
Walking the gangplank to board a ship and steaming toward an unknown land was a voyage of faith. Sister Antonia Strittmatter, joined by Sister Clementine Zerr and nearly 50 others left for the United States on Aug. 26, 1873. At the time, Antonia was 42 and a professed member of the congregation for 18 years. She left only a signature in a Ruma canonical register as primary evidence of her many years as an Adorer.
Clementine Zerr, ASC (1832-1906)
A weaver, Clementine Zerr wove together the new foundation of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ and its U.S. mission to the Congregation in Europe.
Sister “Schaffnerin” Theresa Billharz (1843-1921)
In the early days of the Ruma, Illinois, convent, the challenge of making something out of nothing was a common-day occurrence. That challenge often fell to Sister Theresa Billharz, who was so good at it, she earned the title of Sister Schaffnerin (treasurer or supervisor), who provided for all material needs of the struggling community.