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.
The Adorers are extremely pleased that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily halted all construction activity by Transco… Read More »Press Release: Halted Construction on the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Saturday, October 21 was crisp and overcast as I drove on the parking lot at our Center in Ruma, IL. Several loyal, dedicated co-workers were… Read More »We Celebrate, We Remember, We Live Their Legacies
Sister Teresita Kern, ASC, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Ill. She was 93 and had been a professed member of… Read More »Sister Teresita Kern
Sister Margaret Mary Smith, who had celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ this spring, died Monday,… Read More »Sister Margaret Mary Smith
Liberians go to the polls today (Tuesday, Oct. 10) to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led the West African country out… Read More »Planting Seeds in Liberia
Sister Rita Marie Lucash, ASC, died Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Ill. She was 89 years old and was a professed… Read More »Sister Rita Marie Lucash
The Adorers are disappointed that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania determined on Sept. 28 that it did not have jurisdiction… Read More »Adorers to Appeal Judge’s Decision in Pipeline Case
Sister Mary Renee Kirmer died quietly Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. She was 81 and had been a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for… Read More »Sister Mary Renee Kirmer
Our Sisters have plenty to say about President Trump’s recent decision to rescind DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — that protected hundreds of… Read More »The American Ideal of Liberty: Help the Dreamers
The Adorers are disappointed with the recent decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania allowing Transco to take… Read More »Reaction to Judge’s Decision in Pipeline Case
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »My God is Walking With Me
Sister Marie Ann Poland, ASC died after a long illness on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Adorers’ Ruma Center in Ruma, Ill. She was… Read More »Sister Marie Poland