Maria’s Adorers Center in Ruma Began in 1876
A Roman Catholic Adorers order founded by Maria in the 19th century established a permanent center and novitiate in Ruma Illinois in 1876. Today about 1,850 sisters in 27 nations and 17 states continue Maria’s legacy of care for women, the poor and rural communities across Southern Illinois.
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Illinois
Maria
Clementine Zerr
Ruma
Korea
Bolivia
Guatemala
Rome
Mildred Gross
Roma Center
Southern Illinois Women Connection Luncheon and church notices
Calendar items for Marion Pinckneyville West Frankfort and Campground announce meetings and events. Luncheon speaker Suzanne Barnett discusses furnishings with Connie Beard on unexpected topics. Senior Adult Sunday in Pinckneyville includes a post service dinner. A Mother Daughter banquet at Beaucoup Baptist Church and a Discipleship conference at Southern Illinois Church of God Campground are listed with contact numbers. A note mentions sisters from the Ruma Center murdered in Liberia and Vatican canonization ceremonies for Maria.
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Marion
Southern Illinois Women’s Connection
Kokopelli Club
Suzanne Barnett
Connie Beard
Diane
Sinconnection
Hotmail
Southern Illinois Women’s Connections
Stonecroft Ministries
Pinckneyville
First Baptist Church
S. Mill St
Lake Sallateeska
Beaucoup Baptist
Illinois
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Ruma
Liberia
John Paul I
Maria
Gross
Rome
Vatican
ASC
Salve
Italy
Sisters influence seen in Southern Illinois health care
Dr. Tom Firestone of SIH credits the ASC foundress and her order with guiding the hospital’s mission and values. Sister Mary Maurice, longtime nurse at St. Joseph in Jackson County, reflects on the Adorers of the Blood of Christ and Maria DeMattias.
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ASC
Illinois
Tom Firestone
SIH
Firestone
Maria
Ternes
Mary Maurice
St. Joseph
Order
Jackson County
Maria DeMattias
Maurice
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