Sister Janis Yaekel
Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC, died May 12, 2018 at the Ruma Center. She was 66 years old and had been a professed Adorer of the… Read More »Sister Janis Yaekel
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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 Anthony Mathews
Sister Mary Anthony Mathews, ASC, a longtime educator and missionary in China, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois. She was… Read More »Sister Mary Anthony Mathews
Sister Marciana Heimann
Sister Marciana Heimann, ASC, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Ruma Center in Ruma, Ill. She was born on March 1, 1928, the second… Read More »Sister Marciana Heimann
Palm Sunday Service to Mark Adorers’ Struggle to Protect Land
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, U.S. Region, who are embroiled in a federal lawsuit over the exercise of their right to religious freedom,… Read More »Palm Sunday Service to Mark Adorers’ Struggle to Protect Land
Today, We Return to Liberia
Put it in the history books. Today we return to Liberia. After a lapse of 25 years, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ officially… Read More »Today, We Return to Liberia
More Faith Than Ever? Not Sure
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 »More Faith Than Ever? Not Sure
‘A Light on the Hill’: The Adorers’ Statement in Religious Freedom Case
(On Jan. 19, 2018, our attorney, Dwight Yoder, argued before a three-judge panel in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in our… Read More »‘A Light on the Hill’: The Adorers’ Statement in Religious Freedom Case
U.S. Court of Appeals Panel Will Hear Oral Arguments in Religious Freedom Case the Adorers Filed Against Pipeline Company and FERC
Lawyers for the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, U.S. Region, a congregation of Catholic Sisters, will argue their case at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan.… Read More »U.S. Court of Appeals Panel Will Hear Oral Arguments in Religious Freedom Case the Adorers Filed Against Pipeline Company and FERC
A New Year Ushers a Letting Go
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 »A New Year Ushers a Letting Go
Sister Helen Ridder
Sister Helen Ridder died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. She was 82 years old and had been an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 64… Read More »Sister Helen Ridder
The Road to My Wildest Dreams
By Sister Barb Smith, ASC Journeys always stir something deep within me. There is something exciting about taking off into the unknown. Where will this… Read More »The Road to My Wildest Dreams
Press Release: Halted Construction on the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
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