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The Bolivian community of Adorers numbers 12 professed members. Top Row: Sisters Dominga Alarcón, Petrona Jerez, Maria del Transito Palomera, Ann Fearday, Victoria Barco, Vittoria Tomarelli (General Superior of the congregation), Vania Rossi, and Janet Wilhelm . Bottom Row: Sisters Anne Irose, Reina Quispe, Maria Gracia Carpenito, Sharon Van Horn, and Yolanda Gutierrez.

In this picture Gilda Alanoca and Lidia Apaza are being
received into the community as candidates in Rio Seco.

US Adorers Sharon Van Horn (third from right, bottom row) and Ann Irose (to the right of Sharon) and Bolivian candidates with members of a small faith community in Parroquia
San Pablo in Rio Seco.

Bolivian candidate Gilda Aanoca helped to prepare these people for First Communion in Parroquia San Pablo in Rio Seco.

Since 1985 Bolivian Associates have taken part in the work of the Adorers in Parroquia Nuestra
Senora de Fatima in La Paz.

These children participate in the tutorial program of Centro Salud Integral in La Paz.

These underserved children find educational opportunties at Centro Salud Integral.

From top right: US Adorer Janet Wilhelm. Spanish Adorer Victoria Barco (Spain), and Bolivian novices Saida Perez, Irma Llanos, and Marlene Salazar at the Bolivian novitiate house in Cochabamba.
US Adorer Janet Rowley (left) is with Bolivian novice Marlene Salazar in a park near the novitiate house Quillacolla, a few kilometers from Cochabamba.

Top: Adorers Victoria Barco (Spain), Janet Rowley (US Provincial Council), Bolivian novice Marlene Salazar. Bottom: US Adorer Janet Wilhelm, Bolivian novice Irma Llanos.

Candidate Lidia Apaza with mascot Pacha in Rio Seco, El Alto.

Bolivian Candidate Gilda Alanoca (left) and professed Adorer Sister Reina Quispe (right) in Parroquia Nuestra Senora de Fatima in La Paz.
The famous statue of Christ of the Andes still blesses and protects the people of the mountains.

Sister Vittoria Tomarelli, General Superior of the international Congregation of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (second from left) joins in a celebration with Bolivian novices.

Clockwise: US Adorer Janet Rowley with Bolivian novices Marlene Salazar, Irma Llanos, and Saida Perez.

US Adorer Janet Marie Wilhelm is chaplain for the Bolivian chapter of FRATER (Fraternity of Persons with Disabilities).
Candidate Gilda Alanoca holds a small member of the faith community at Parroquia San Pablo in El Alto.

Bolivian candidate Gilda Alarcon in the Formation House of Rio Seco.
Thanks to the services of Centro Salud Intregral, this small child no longer forages in the dumpsters for food.

Adorers minister on the rim of the valley, the periphery of the city of La Paz, in an area known as 27 de Mayo.

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