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Their order is a visible reminder of love.(Photo: Courtesy of the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters)

Their bright-pink habits symbolize ‘the love and the joy of the Holy Spirit.’ Bursts of pink also are present throughout the convent and chapel in the stained glass, the altar flowers, and even in the color of the dishes used for visitors.

By Lauretta Brown, EWTN News, February 14, 2023

Lauretta Brown is the Register’s Washington-based staff writer.

PHILADELPHIA — Entering into an old chapel on Green Street in central Philadelphia, first-time visitors will always observe the startling sight of a nun clad in bright pink continuing an unbroken 108-year vigil of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

There is always a sister either kneeling before the Eucharist or a group of them beside the altar singing the Liturgy of the Hours from behind the bars of the ornate grille that separates them from the outside world. These Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters — fondly known as the “Pink Sisters” — live their lives of faith centered around perpetual Eucharistic adoration and prayer for the world. …

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