CLINTON COUNTY —Clinton County Missouri Sheriff Larry Fish says residents should expect a significant increase in traffic as hundreds travel to see a nun’s exhumed, “incorrupt” body.
Hundreds of Catholics are traveling to to Gower, Missouri, to witness what many are calling a miracle.
After Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary in Gower, passed away in May of 2019 she was buried on the grounds of the chapel. Four years later the sisters decided to dig up her remains to place them under an altar in the chapel.
They found cracks in her tomb and her body intact and appearing to be incorrupt. Sister Lancaster's body is on display until Monday, May 29
Bishop James Johnston of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph released the following statement regarding Sr. Wilhemina:
“The condition of the remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster has understandably generated widespread interest and raised important questions. At the same time, it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.
I invite all the Faithful to continue praying during this time of investigation for God’s will in the lives of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles; for all women religious; and all the baptized in our common vocation to holiness, with hope and trust in the Lord.”