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.
Sister Cecilia (Marie) Hellmann celebrated 70 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday, October 7, 2022. Sr. Cecilia made her first profession on July 1, 1952 and her final vows on July 1, 1957.
Sister Celine (Mary Gilbert) Birk celebrated 70 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday October 7, 2022. Sr. Celine made her first profession on July 1, 1952 and her final vows on July 1, 1958.
Sister Joan Marie Voss celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday, October 7, 2022. She made her first profession on July 1, 1957 and her final vows on July 1, 1962.
Sr. Therese Anne Kiefer celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday, October 7, 2022. She made her first profession on July 1, 1957 and her final vows on July 1, 1962.
Sister Mildred (Michael Ann) Gross, ASC, celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday, October 7, 2022. Sr. Mildred made her first profession on July 1, 1957 and her final vows on July 1, 1962.
Sister Alicia Drone celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on Friday, October 7, 2022. Sr. Alicia made her first profession on July 1, 1957 and her final vows on July 1, 1962.
Sister Mary Schoenecker, ASC, entered into eternal life, on Friday, November 18, 2022, in Wichita, KS. The previous day she was admitted to Ascension St Francis Hospital following a fall. Sr. Mary was 92 years old and a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 75 years.
Sister Catherine (Mary Cyril) Wellinghoff, ASC, died peacefully at 2:15 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2022, at Benedictine Living Community on the grounds of the… Read More »Sister Catherine Wellinghoff, ASC
Sister Leona Hunter, ASC celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) on August 222, 2022 at St. Anne’s Retirement Community in Columbia, PA. Sr. Leona made her first profession on July 1, 1957 and her final vows on July 1, 1962.
Sister George Ann (M. Denise) Biscan, ASC, celebrated 60 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) at the Columbia Center on August 22, 2022. She made her first profession on July 1, 1962 and her final vows on July 1, 1967.
Sister Barbara Ann Kolonoski celebrated 50 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) at St. Anne’s in Columbia, PA on August 22, 2022. She made her first profession on August 8, 1972 and her final vows on August 1, 1978.
Sr. Florentia Riebel, ASC, celebrated 88 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) at the Wichita Center on May 29, 2022. She made her first profession on Aug. 6, 1934 and her final vows on Aug. 10, 1939.