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What is Eucharistic Adoration? In essence, it is the response of a heart who has been freed, redeemed, and captivated by love.

Read the prayers of Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel and ask for her intercession.

In every age there can be found persons whose hearts yearn for life in God, and from among these the Holy Spirit calls noble, generous souls to do His work. One of the great religious women who founded a Congregation was Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel...

Isn’t this, or at least, shouldn’t this be the mystery of our lives! As Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration we strive daily to make of our lives a ceaseless act of adoration...

The Congregation of Holy Cross holds a very special place in my heart! This religious congregation ran the college that I attended...

Perhaps you are familiar with the famous prayer called “The Breastplate of St. Patrick.” It is a perfect prayer to begin as soon as...

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, which commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church.

The peony—an intensely fragrant, rogue-petaled flower that blooms this time of year—starts out as a small, tight bud, encased in a green sheath. Ants come along and find the sweet nectar surrounding it. As they suck up the nectar, they help the bud loosen, open up, and bloom...

I often wondered why the Fourth Mystery of the Rosary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, was a Joyful Mystery...

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...

On May 18, 1900, Mother M. Alphonsa Neuhoff, first Provincial Superior in America, passed away. Born in Germany in 1845, she joined the Community in 1871. Noted for her religious fervor and administrative talent, she was one of the first six Sisters to come to America and was appointed Provincial in 1886...

A vocation is born and nourished by prayer, by speaking heart-to-heart with the One who loves us the most. Here are a few prayers to aid in your discernment.

Discernment begins as a still, small voice in the heart, a prompting from God to enter the adventure of life with Him. Throughout the centuries, the Church and holy men and women have provided resources to assist in the discernment journey, that each person might grow in his or her ability to know the will of God and do it.

As I reflect on Michael Gaitley’s 33 Days to Merciful Love and my recent consecration to Divine Mercy, I am awed and overwhelmed by the incredible mercy of God...

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...

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...