Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood
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The Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood is a Roman Catholic religious order
founded in 1861 by Catherine Aurelia Caouette in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
, Canada
. They are a contemplative cloistered community, holding nineteen monasteries of the Precious Blood in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Roman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...
founded in 1861 by Catherine Aurelia Caouette in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. They are a contemplative cloistered community, holding nineteen monasteries of the Precious Blood in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Locations
- Monastery of the Precious Blood (Edmonton, Canada)
- Monastery of the Precious Blood (Lafayette, IndianaLafayette, IndianaLafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
) - Opened in 1955 and closed in 2006. - Monastery of the Precious Blood (Portland, MainePortland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
) - Monastery of the Precious Blood (Manchester, New HampshireManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
) - Monastery of the Precious Blood (Brooklyn, New York)
- Monastery of the Precious Blood (Watertown, New York)