Moving Forward Amidst the Winds of Life
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since… Read More »Moving Forward Amidst the Winds of Life
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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.
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since… Read More »Moving Forward Amidst the Winds of Life
By Sister Toni Longo, ASC “I don’t get you. I don’t understand you. I don’t even like you sometimes. But I accept you. I accept… Read More »Lenten Journey: Caring for Mom
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 »Lenten Journeys: Waiting for Test Results
Sister Rose Therese Bahr, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 65 years, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. She was 85. She was born… Read More »Sister Rose Therese Bahr
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 »Winter Forest and Inner Landscape
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 »Waiting, Walking, Writing Without Chemo
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 »Grateful for a Parachute
This past week, we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany or the witnessing of the child Jesus by three wise men. The bible does not… Read More »Three Wise Women
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 »Trusting to End the Chemo
Sister Linda Anne Ranard, ASC, a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 39 years, died Dec. 23, 2015, at the Ruma Center in… Read More »Sister Linda Anne Ranard
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 »Living in Hope, not Fear
Sister Evarista Durler ASC, a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 82 years, died Dec. 12, 2015, in Wichita, Kan. She was 99.… Read More »Sister Evarista Durler
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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