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.
On this day in 1992, two Adorers were killed by rebel forces on the road between Gardnersville and Barnersville, Liberia. They were two of five sisters… Read More »VIDEO: In remembrance of the Martyrs of Charity
Sister Florence May, ASC died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. She was 101 and spent 83 of her years as a professed Adorer of the Blood… Read More »Sister Florence May
By Sr. 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 »Cancer and the Mystic Within
Sister Gemma Hellmann, ASC, died on Sept. 26, 2015, at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Ill. She was 78 and had been an Adorer of the… Read More »Sister Gemma Hellmann
Sister M. Emmanuel Palus ASC died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in Columbia, Pa. She was 91 and had been an Adorer of the Blood of… Read More »Sister Emmanuel Palus
Sister Virginia Walsh, ASC died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at the Ruma Center in Ruma, Ill. She was 91 and had been a professed member… Read More »Sister Virginia Walsh
Sister Celine Hasenfratz, ASC died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. She was 76 and an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 57 years. She grew… Read More »Sister Celine Hasenfratz
By Sr. 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 »Hummers, Autumn, Caregivers and the Divine
Sister Mary Bernard Braun, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 78 years, died Sept. 10, 2015, in Ruma, Ill. She was 97. Sister… Read More »Sister Mary Bernard Braun
By Sr. 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 »Cancer Upends a Vacation
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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 »Cancer Scans: Waiting for Answers
The ASC Family is a community of Adorers of the Blood of Christ Religious Sisters and those inspired by our values and spirituality. The Adorers were founded by St. Maria de Mattias in Italy and came to the United States in 1870. Today, we work for justice, peace, and love for our dear neighbor all over the world.
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