Remembering a ‘Soul-Mate Aunt’
Diane Shirley Kolmer so loved and admired her “soul-mate aunt,” Sister Shirley Kolmer, that she adopted the legal middle name, “Shirley,” when her aunt and… Read More »Remembering a ‘Soul-Mate Aunt’
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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.
Our Missionary Sister Martyrs Remembered
Today begins 12 days of remembering our missionary Sisters who died this month, 24 years ago in Liberia, during that African nation’s brutal civil war.… Read More »Our Missionary Sister Martyrs Remembered
Focus and Relax the Mind with Zentangle
By Sister Diane Tenbrink, ASC I have done art journaling since I was a young sister, and a friend and I would do it while… Read More »Focus and Relax the Mind with Zentangle
A Syrian Child Cries While We Pick a President
By Sister Krystal Funk, ASC Like thousands of people around the world, I viewed with deep sadness a video of a terrified and bloodied Syrian… Read More »A Syrian Child Cries While We Pick a President
Saving the Best for Last
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 »Saving the Best for Last
Sister Mary Linus (Martha Emma) Erzer
Sister Mary Linus (Martha Emma) Erzer, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 71 years, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at the Ruma Center,… Read More »Sister Mary Linus (Martha Emma) Erzer
Sister Sylvana Schulte
Sister Sylvana Schulte, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 75 years, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at the Wichita Center in Wichita, Kan.… Read More »Sister Sylvana Schulte
Finding Light in the Darkness
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 »Finding Light in the Darkness
Sister Dorothy Marie (Mary Cordelia) Dietz
Sister Dorothy Marie (Mary Cordelia) Dietz, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 59 years, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at the Ruma Center… Read More »Sister Dorothy Marie (Mary Cordelia) Dietz
A New Cancer and Turning 65
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 Cancer and Turning 65
Sister Irene Schmidt
Sister Irene Schmidt, ASC died on Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Wichita, Kan. She was 98. For nearly 78 of those years, she was an… Read More »Sister Irene Schmidt
Seeing the Good in Change
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I have been writing this blog for a year now, and I sometimes wonder where the time has gone. Time… Read More »Seeing the Good in Change