The Adorers of the Blood of Christ ( Latin : Sorores Adoratrices Pretiosissimi Sanguinis ) are a Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women founded by Maria De Mattias in 1834. Their post-nominal letters are ASC .
19-674: ASC may refer to: Educational institutions [ edit ] Anglican Schools Commission , Australia Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig , located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines Agnes Scott College , Decatur, Georgia Alfred State College , Alfred, New York Organizations [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Australian Securities Commission, now Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Australian Singing Competition Australian Sports Commission ASC Pty Ltd (former Australian Submarine Corporation),
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57-488: A UK sailing dinghy After School Club , South Korean TV show Al Ahly SC , a sports club based in Cairo, Egypt Altered state of consciousness Ambulatory surgery center , a type of healthcare facility American Solar Challenge , solar car race American Song Contest , an American music competition Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station (UK National Rail code) Asian Science Camp ASC (musician) ,
76-532: A corn field to protest the pipeline by erecting a place protected by the freedom of religion in the path of the pipeline to block its construction. A Williams Companies spokesman stated: "We find it ironic that the Adorers would challenge the value of natural gas infrastructure in the lawsuit, while at the same time promoting the availability and use of natural gas at their St. Anne's Retirement Community." As of 2019, there were about 1,178 members. The motherhouse
95-611: A former video game publishing company American Southwest Conference , an athletic conference American Specialty Cars , an automobile parts manufacturer International [ edit ] Adorers of the Blood of Christ Aquaculture Stewardship Council , non-profit organisation and ecolabel Anti-Spyware Coalition, against computer spyware Asian Socialist Conference Elsewhere [ edit ] Indian Army Service Corps , India Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (African Studies Centre), Netherlands Army Service Corps,
114-693: A house in Ruma, Illinois and a second in 1902 in Wichita, Kansas . Sisters from both Wichita and Ruma served the Catholic school in Rulo, Nebraska . In 1933, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ founded Sacred Heart Junior College in Wichita which eventually became Newman University . In March 2014, the order donated 2.5 million dollars to the university. The gift will be used to support emerging science initiatives on
133-415: A musician producing electronic music See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with ASC All pages with titles containing ASC ASK (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ASC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
152-593: A naval shipbuilder ASC Shipbuilding established by ASC Pty Ltd but now a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia Canada [ edit ] Advertising Standards Canada Agence spatiale canadienne , the Canadian Space Agency Alberta Securities Commission Association des Scouts du Canada United Kingdom [ edit ] Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland , former trade union Army Service Corps,
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209-625: Is included in their name. However the Commission does not control the member schools, but rather each school has its own constitution, and is governed by its own School Council drawn from Church, parent and community sources. Instead, the ASC lays down policies and procedures in a wide range of areas, most of which relate to educational and management issues. Since 1998, Anglican schools in New South Wales and Victoria have becomes members of
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#1732773143943228-628: The Commission association. As of January 2021 , the schools of the Anglican Schools Commission were: 31°57′23.68″S 115°46′10.39″E / 31.9565778°S 115.7695528°E / -31.9565778; 115.7695528 Adorers of the Blood of Christ The institute operates the Newman University in Wichita, Kansas . The Institute of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ
247-583: The Newman campus. In October 1992, Sisters Barbara Ann Muttra, Mary Joel Kolmer, Kathleen McGuire, Agnes Mueller, and Shirley Kolmer were killed by soldiers during a civil war in Liberia . On January 24, 2008, Morris Padmore, a former combatant of the defunct National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) warring faction testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that the nuns were raped and executed under
266-642: The command of former NPFL general Christopher Vambo. The Adorers of the Blood of Christ were in Liberia since 1971. In July 2017, in Columbia, Pennsylvania , the Sisters went to court to oppose the construction of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline on a right-of-way through their land. In September, a district court judge dismissed the Adorers' complaint. An "open-air" chapel was built in the middle of
285-847: The financial services industry ASC X12 , responsible for standards for business-to-business electronic data interchange Aeronautical Systems Center , inactivated Air Force product center Airflow Sciences Corporation , an engineering consulting company in Livonia, Michigan American Shakespeare Center , a theatre company in Staunton, Virginia American Signal Corporation , a Tornado Siren company founded in 1942 American Society for Cybernetics , an American non-profit scholastic organization American Society of Cinematographers , members use postnominal letters ASC American Society of Criminology American Society of Cytopathology American Softworks Corporation (ASC Games, 1992–2000),
304-418: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ASC&oldid=1245205801 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Anglican Schools Commission The Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) was established in 1985, following
323-651: The name of the Royal Army Service Corps between 1870 and 1918 Association of Speakers Clubs , a group of public speaking clubs United States [ edit ] Accounting Standards Codification , an official publication of financial accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Accredited Standards Committee, an organizational division of the American National Standards Institute ASC X9 , responsible for standards for
342-707: The passage of a resolution by the Perth Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia . It was given the role of creating affordable Christian education in the Anglican tradition, and accessible to the disadvantaged and children with disabilities. Since its establishment, the group has founded or acquired nine schools, initially in Western Australia . Each school is known as an "Anglican Community School" or "Anglican School" which
361-813: Was established by Maria De Mattias, on March 4, 1834, in Acuto , Italy. She founded it as an active apostolic teaching community, and opened a school for girls. Before long she was joined by others and schools were opened in the small towns of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples . On May 30, 1855, Pope Pius IX issued a “decree of praise” approving their work. In 1866, Maria De Mattias died in Rome of tuberculosis. By then sixty-four schools had been opened, including one in London. In 1875, sisters from Italy established
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