Sisters Adorers, Handmaids of the Blessed
Sacrament and of Charity is an international
religious Congregation, founded in Spain in 1856,
by St Maria Micaela Desmaisières y Lopez de
Dicastillo, a Madrid-born Noble Lady, with the
purpose of liberating and rehabilitating the
unfortunate victims of prostitution and protecting
those exposed to this social evil.
It was approved by Pope Pius IX on September 15,
1860 as a Religious Institute of Pontifical
Rights.
The first Adorers are part of this story, a story
that has been built before us and it has been
transmitted generation after generation. The
Spirit of the Lord, who inspired and supported
Micaela to give birth to the Congregation, enables
us to continue sailing against all odds even
today.
Over the past 158 years, we have walked along with
the Lord, building a salvation history, a
difficult task that is often hard-hitting and
demanding but the rhythm of adoration-liberation
still continues.
Today the Congregation works for rehabilitating
the social victims of prostitution, abuse of drug,
for those imprisoned on account of trafficking of
drugs or trafficked for sexual trade, in 23
countries spread across 4 Continents.
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