Sisters of Adoration, Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity
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Sisters of Adoration, Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity - is a Roman Catholic Order founded in 1850 by Saint María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament. She founded the organization to assist former prostitutes, who suffered from abuse, alienation and social exclusion in mid-19th century Madrid
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The principal aim of the Order was and still is to re-educate the deprived youth. The declared mission of the Order is the adoration of Jesus
in the Eucharist
, encouraging freedom and promotion of women exploited by prostitution, and redemption of the poor who are victims of vice and impurity. The deprived women are assisted in finding lodging and in achieving family balance.
At present (2008) the Order has some 1,300 members in 22 countries (in most of Latin America
, and also in Japan
, Cambodia
and Vietnam
). It is headed by Sister Aurelia Agredano.
The mission also runs the Santa Micaela Day Care Center, which provides social assistance for women aged between 19 and 70 who are considered to be at social risk. It also works against trafficking of women for sexual purposes
.
The Order is headquartered in Madrid.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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The principal aim of the Order was and still is to re-educate the deprived youth. The declared mission of the Order is the adoration of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
in the Eucharist
Eucharist
The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
, encouraging freedom and promotion of women exploited by prostitution, and redemption of the poor who are victims of vice and impurity. The deprived women are assisted in finding lodging and in achieving family balance.
At present (2008) the Order has some 1,300 members in 22 countries (in most of Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, and also in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
). It is headed by Sister Aurelia Agredano.
The mission also runs the Santa Micaela Day Care Center, which provides social assistance for women aged between 19 and 70 who are considered to be at social risk. It also works against trafficking of women for sexual purposes
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
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The Order is headquartered in Madrid.