; (20) by 1938, the staffing of the Sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ at schools helped to open schools in 103 towns; (21) the Sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ also served in other outreach ministries throughout the region; (22) the convent of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ— (A) was built in 1876; (B) was expanded in 1890 and 1925; (C) was updated in 1980; (D) served as— (i) an educational institution; and (ii) a high school that offered 30 hours of college credit from St. Louis University; and (E) contains a memorial to, and the remains of, 5 martyred nuns who ministered in Liberia in 1992; (23) Sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ convent had been serving in Liberia since 1971; (24) on January 20, 1961, the Modoc Rock Shelter was declared a National Historic Landmark; (25) in 1973, the Creole House in Prairie du Rocher was added to the National Register of Historic Places; and (26) in 1974, Prairie du Rocher and the French Colonial Historic District, which is an area of 22 square miles, was added to the National Register of Historic Places, along with the ancient Kolmer Indian site. (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to recognize the importance of Prairie du Rocher and the French Colonial Historic District as a nationally significant architectural village that embodies the cultural heritage of the United States; (2) to establish the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park— (A) to serve as the focus of interpretive and educational programs relating to the history of the French Colonial Historic District; and (B) to assist in the preservation of historic sites within the French Colonial Historic District; (3) to recognize the contribution of religious women in the development of the United States through the missions and intrinsic desire of the religious women to improve the lives of people through education, health, social services, and other ministries, with an emphasis on the contributions of such women in southwestern Illinois