Handmaid of the Precious Blood

Handmaid of the Precious Blood –  Sister Maris Stella of the Wounded Heart of Jesus, H.P.B.                                              “Pro Christo Sacerdote Suo”  –  “For Christ in His Priest”                                                 “The Precious Blood of Jesus is your wedding garment, dear Handmaid.                                          Treasure It for It speaks to you of love.”    –  Father Gerald Fitzgerald, s.P.                                                                   

Founder:  Reverend Gerald M.C. Fitzgerald, s.P.

Place:  Jemez Springs, New Mexico originally; New Market, Tennessee presently

Year:  1947 A.D.

Her Charism:  This cloistered contemplative nun offers her life in Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration for the sanctification of God’s priests- today, tomorrow, everywhere- especially those in spiritual need and for the needs of the whole world.  By her hidden apostolate, she extends her arms of prayer and sacrifice around the world, with a special solicitude for God’s priests.  She doesn’t just pray for priests, she lives for them.  She firmly believes that in strengthening the priests, she strengthens the whole foundation of the Church and everything in the Church.  This Sister’s entire life revolves around the Eucharist as she prays:    Jesu, trahe me! . . . “Jesus, draw me!”                                                                                                          † Her crimson (wine-red) tunic symbolizes the Precious Blood that Christ shed for our salvation and her white veil symbolizes the white Host of the Eucharist. †