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The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) is a Roman Catholic religious congregation 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 founded Viterbo University and staffed Aquinas High School in La Crosse. [1]
St. Rose of Viterbo Convent is the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, an American religious congregation, which is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The convent is dedicated to Rose of Viterbo, a 13th-century Franciscan tertiary who was a noted mystic and street preacher in Italy who died while still a teenager. [1]
The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist was founded in 1973, by fifty-five sisters of the "Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration" of St. Rose of Viterbo Convent, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1976 to 2004, the sisters operated the ferry terminal and store on Shaw Island, part of the San Juan Islands in the state of Washington. [99]
The first Catholic church in La Crosse was the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, constructed in 1856. In 1858, St. Mary's Academy for girls was found in that city. [10] St. Patrick Parish, the first in Eau Claire was established in 1865. [11]
In 1871 the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis was established in La Crosse, Wisconsin. [ 1 ] In 1873, Mother Antonia, believing that Seminary work was not an appropriate ministry for her sisters, asked the sisters in Milwaukee to discontinue that work.
The Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist was founded by Mother Rosemae Pender, FSE on December 2, 1973, as a result of a period of renewal within the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of La Crosse, Wisconsin which led to a divergence of outlook within that Congregation. [1]
Paul was ordained to the priesthood on January 24, 1943 by Auxiliary Bishop William Griffin at St. Rose of Viterbo Convent in La Crosse, the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. While stationed in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Paul help established Regis High School. [1] In 1955, Paul became rector of
Viterbo University is a private Catholic university in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.Founded in 1890 by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Viterbo is home to three colleges with nine schools offering 48 academic programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.