AUGUST 2014

AUGUST 2014

Thursday, August 01, 2013

135 years and still praying.

From the Wisconsin Historical Society:
August 1,1878 - Perpetual Praying Begins in La Crosse

On this date the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration began their perpetual adoration of the eucharist.

Tag-team continuous prayer of praise, thanksgiving, and petition keeps at least two sisters at the altar, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The order was founded by members of the Third Order Secular Franciscans who left Ettenbeuren, Bavaria in 1849 to do missionary work in America.

Bishop Martin Henni of Milwaukee welcomed them into his diocese.

In 1868 a new diocese was formed in La Crosse.

In 1871 sisters built a new motherhouse, St. Rose Convent, in La Crosse. The sisters assumed the title, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, on August 1, 1878.

[Source: Oddball Wisconsin by Jerome Pohlen, p.45]

1 comment:

det said...

I wonder what they've been praying for.

LA CROSSE WEATHER