The Poor Clares follow the Rule of St. Clare — which was approved by Pope Innocent IV two days before Clare’s death in 1253 — and take vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. The Poor Clares of ...

On Aug. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, a woman born into a noble family who was moved by St. Francis’ preaching and decided to embrace a life of poverty, founding ...

During his general audience on Sept. 15, Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on Christian culture in the Middle Ages. He devoted his catechesis to another great woman of that period — ...

On Aug. 11 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, a woman born into a noble family who was moved by St. Francis’ preaching and decided to embrace a life of poverty, founding ...

To mark the anniversary of the founder of what came to be known as the Poor Clares, the sisters of the Order of St. Clare will welcome visitors to celebrate 9 a.m. Mass and join them afterward for a ...

The Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy in Belleville was constructed in 1989, four years after St. Henry’s Preparatory Seminary closed, near Frank Scott Parkway West and West Main Street.

Nuns in the Franciscan Order of St. Clare live in isolation at a Belleville monastery, spending most of their time in prayer, never leaving to visit family, go shopping or even walk in the ...

“You, Lord, are blessed for having made me.” St. Clare of Assisi spoke these curious final words. After exploring Clare’s unusual spiri­tual vision for many years, these words continued to confound me ...

After more than a century, the Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, have moved out of their historic monastery in the 700 block of Henry Clay Avenue near Audubon Park, leaving vacant an ...

Poor Clare Sisters Claudia and Mary Marguerite pose for a photo Aug. 11, 2019, outside the Monastery of St. Clare in Memphis, Tenn. The monastery closed at the end of the year. (Credit: Karen Pulfer ...

“Their angels in heaven always behold the face of my heavenly Father” (Matt 18:10). Ezek 2:8—3:4; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we place the life of St. Clare in the historical context of the 13th ...