St. Rose of Viterbo Convent

Maria Angelorum Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Interior of Maria Angelorum Chapel
Location	901 Franciscan Way, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°48′14″N 91°14′37″W / 43.80389°N 91.24361°W / 43.80389; -91.24361Coordinates: 43°48′14″N 91°14′37″W / 43.80389°N 91.24361°W / 43.80389; -91.24361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Architectural style	Romanesque
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	06000204[1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 2006

Altar featuring Tadeusz Żukotyński painting

Exterior

St. Rose of Viterbo Convent is the mother house of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of La Crosse.^[2] The convent was dedicated to Rose of Viterbo. The Franciscan Sisters moved into the convent in 1871.^[3] In 1906, the Maria Angelorum Chapel, designed by Eugene R. Liebert, was consecrated.^[4] Thaddeus von Zukotynski was the artist for the oil-on-canvas painting located immediately above the altar in Mary of the Angels Chapel. This work shows St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order, at prayer in the Little Chapel of Portiuncula, surrounded by visions of Jesus, Mary and angelic hosts. Since August 1, 1878, two Franciscan sisters pray without interruption for the world, the church, people, and the community.

See also

• Tadeusz Żukotyński
• Viterbo University

Sources

• Zimmerman, H. Russell, The architecture of Eugene Liebert: Teutonic style in the American midwest, 2006.

References

External links

Media related to St. Rose of Viterbo Convent at Wikimedia Commons

• Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

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