The incredible life story of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster is in the spotlight, after the Catholic nun s remains were exhumed with little sign of decay since her death in 2019.
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Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body was discovered apparently incorrupt, founded the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. / Courtesy of the Benedictines of MaryDenver, Colo., May 24, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).When the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles exhumed the body of their foundress Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 18, they found the unexpected: Four years after her death and burial in a simple wooden coffin, her body appeared remarkably well preserved.The news quickly spread on social media about the unusual state of the remains of the contemplative order s African American foundress, drawing hundreds of pilgrims to the monastery in rural Missouri.A pilgrim venerates the incorrupt body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 20, 2023. Lancaster was recently exhumed in Gower, Missouri. Credit: Kelsey Wicks/CNAQuestions remain to be answered about whether an investigation will take place to examine her remains scientifically. In the meant.