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 ...

Pope Francis on Monday met with a community of Poor Clare nuns, whose abbess died when the roof of their monastery collapsed in an earthquake in 2009. The cloistered nuns were able to return to their ...

Life at the Poor Clare Convent at Arundel in Sussex, England, is one of prayer, work, silence and solitude. Unexpectedly, the religious community has now become a chart-topping sensation with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Albanian town of Scutari, eight Poor Clare sisters have opened the doors of their convent, which was once used as a prison during the Communist regime where many died defending their faith. In ...

Watch the sunset from Cunningham Lake on May 29, 2024 Just as when their order arrived in Omaha in 1878, the Sisters of Poor Clare are going about their cloistered lives on the outskirts of the city.

PLAIN TWP. − The Poor Clares of Sancta Clara Monastery will host a "Touchdown" fundraiser on Sunday. The day will begin with a Mass at 10 a.m. at the monastery at 4200 Market Ave. N, followed by a ...

SAUK RAPIDS — The sisters at St. Clare's Monastery abide by the three vows taken by all nuns: poverty, chastity and obedience. But they also take a vow of enclosure, meaning they spend their entire ...