150 Years in the USA
The year was 1875. The Prussian Kulturkampf changed the experience of the faithful in Germany. Church properties were being claimed by the State, State-appointed officials were taking over dioceses, and the future of religious congregations was tenuous. A few years before, twenty of the Sisters received the Emperor’s Commemorative Medal for the nursing they provided[...]
150 Years in the USA: Part 2
Blessed Mother Maria Theresia visited her Sisters in America three times. She wanted them to know her motherly care, and she wrote frequent letters to individual Sisters, local convents, and the whole Congregation. She was kept aware of new hospitals and schools that the Sisters began in Nebraska, Colorado, and throughout Indiana. Mother’s second visitation[...]
God Does Not Sleep
There is something so special about waking up in the middle of the night to spend time with Jesus. I was so excited to participate in perpetual adoration, the charism of our community. As I was sitting before Jesus in the Eucharist during my first night hour of adoration, I was thinking about how exciting[...]
Hour by Hour: His Faithfulness in Adoration
As I made my way to the adoration chapel to take my first official hour, different things crossed my mind. Besides wondering if I would be able to stay awake the entire hour (which I think my excitement was greater than my tiredness at this point!), I began to think of the history of our[...]
