A rural Missouri town has become a destination for pilgrims after reports emerged that the body of a nun who founded a Roman Catholic order shows no signs of decay four years after her death.
Last week, the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, the foundress of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, Missouri, was exhumed for final placement in the chapel of the abbey, the Catholic News Agency reported.
The body was found intact, despite a split in the wooden coffin in which she was buried.
Hundreds have come to see the seemingly miraculous sight.
“It’s a great miracle,” said Tanya Schultz, who drove eight hours from Kentucky to see Sister Wilhelmina’s body.
“Her habit is still completely intact. … I just thought God is so good. He is giving the sisters hope,” said Beth Vogel, a frequent visitor to the abbey, according to KSHB-TV.
“People still have such a desire and a yearning to touch and be around God in any way possible,” Kimberly Alshahri said. “God does give us these precious gifts … but when there’s one here, you gotta come.”