Adorers of the Blood of Christ

Adorers of the Blood of Christ

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Maria De Mattias in 1834, their post-nominal letters are A.S.C.

The order operates Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.

In October 1992, Sisters Barbara Ann Muttra, Mary Joel Kolmer, Kathleen McGuire, Agnes Mueller, and Shirley Kolmer were killed by soldiers fighting in Liberia. It is thought that two of the sisters were caught in crossfire as they drove a worker home from Gardnersville to Barnersville, however the facts of what happened are not fully known, and may never be known

External links

* [http://www.adorers.org/ Adorers of the Blood of Christ]


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