Perpetual Adoration, Religious of

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• Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the — • Contemplative Benedictine congregation, founded in 1526 by Sister Elizabeth Zwirer in Switzerland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Religious of Perpetual Adoration —     Religious of Perpetual Adoration     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious of Perpetual Adoration     (Belgium)     A congregation with simple vows, founded at Brussels, 1857, by Anna de Meeus, daughter of Count Ferdinand de Meeus, for whose… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Religious of the Perpetual Adoration —     Religious of the Perpetual Adoration     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious of the Perpetual Adoration     A contemplative religious congregation, founded in 1526 by Sister Elizabeth Zwirer (d. 1546), at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Perpetual Adoration — • A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Perpetual Adoration     Perpetual Adoration …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration —     Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration     (Quimper, France).     An institute of nuns devoted to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and to the education of orphan… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration — The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration is a Roman Catholic religious order for women whose motherhouse, St. Rose of Viterbo Convent, is in La Crosse, Wisconsin in the Diocese of La Crosse. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration… …   Wikipedia

• Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration — is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Sister Mary Anselma in Clyde, Missouri at the Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration in 1874.The order was created as an adjunct to Conception Abbey founded in Conception, Missouri to minister to …   Wikipedia

• Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament — • Founded in Paris in 1601 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament     Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament — The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament was an enclosed Roman Catholic religious congregation and a reform of the Dominican Order devoted to the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02598a.htm CATHOLIC …   Wikipedia

• Roman Catholic religious order — Religious orders ( Religious Institutes , cf. canons 573 746) are the major form of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church. They are organisations of laity and/or clergy who live a common life following a religious rule under the… …   Wikipedia