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 founded Viterbo University and staffed Aquinas High School in La Crosse. The order was founded in 1849.

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have their retirement home in St. Joseph's Ridge, Wisconsin.

The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist was formed as a separate religious order on December 2, 1973, as a result of a period of renewal within the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist shared the original founders with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of St. Francis, Wisconsin.

Notable people

• Thea Bowman, educator

References

External links

• Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration La Crosse
• Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist
• Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi