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Poor Clares

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CLOISTERED SISTERS TURN TO OUTSIDE FOR HELP.(NEWS)
; ...Stephen Huba Post staff reporter The Poor Clares of Cincinnati look forward to the day...God being present in the world.'' The Poor Clares, Cincinnati's only contemplative Catholic...order of autonomous monasteries, the Poor Clares of Cincinnati must raise the money themselves... Read more
Poor Clares pray in long shadows of history.(Franciscan sisterhood; Religious Life)
; ...sisters. Some of the world's 18,000 Poor Clares wear head-to-toe habits, some street-leng...support themselves by manual labor. The Poor Clares of Brenham, Texas, for instance, make...But ample voluntary donations free the Poor Clares in Bloomington to offer spiritual direction... Read more
FROM COUNTRY TO CITY AND BACK AGAIN MONASTERY MOVED TO WEST SIDE IN 1984
; The Order of St. Clare, also known as the Poor Clares, has its origins in 13th-century Italy. The...herself at San Damiano, which became the first Poor Clares community. In 1875, the Poor Clares order came to America. Pope Pius IX sent... Read more
FOR MONEY, IN GOD THEY TRUST SOLITARY NUNS FACE CHALLENGE OF RAISING $1 MILLION WITHOUT LEAVING HOME.(FRONT)
; ...who heads the Bethlehem Monastery of Poor Clares. The money will pay for a new monastic...a fund-raising ball or casino night. Poor Clares don't raise money like other charities...the cookies are good,'' he says. The Poor Clares themselves won temporary renown for... Read more
WIT, CANDOR HIGHLIGHT TALE OF NUNS
; ...windowless monastery. It is the lives of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, the story of...But with the idea of a book about the Poor Clares, Ohlson stayed the tide, the tentativeness...and Mother Agnes who brought the Poor Clares from Austria to Cleveland in 1921, it... Read more
WIT, CANDOR HIGHLIGHT TALE OF NUNS.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
; ...windowless monastery. It is the lives of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, the story of...But with the idea of a book about the Poor Clares, Ohlson stayed the tide, the tentativeness...and Mother Agnes who brought the Poor Clares from Austria to Cleveland in 1921, it... Read more
The Poor Clares of Kenya No 6
; The Poor Clares of Kenya No 6: A member of the order, based near Bungoma, close to the Ugandan border, clutches a rosary Mark Chilvers Read more
Religion in the media: A look at recent books, music and Web sites.
; ...Divine: Contemplating Faith with the Poor Clares by Kristin Ohlson (Hyperion, 256 pages...years, struck up a relationship with the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, a group of cloistered...Olympic sport. What little we learn of the Poor Clares is typical nunstuff because Ohlson ... Read more
Nuns undertake $3 million rebuilding of their home.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
; ...in the Immaculate Heart Monastery of Poor Clares. No television or radio, either. One...and regular parishioners who buy the Poor Clares' handmade blankets, quilts, rosary bags...You just fall in love with God. The Poor Clares also dress like St. Clare, in long grayish-bro... Read more
REVEALING GOD'S TRUTH THROUGH A LIFE SPENT IN SOLITUDE
; ...poverty, chastity and obedience -- Poor Clares add a fourth vow: enclosure. They do...but always in a low voice. What do the Poor Clares do? They pray for the church and for...life." The Annunciation Monastery of Poor Clares in Minooka is the first contemplative... Read more

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Poor Clares
Poor Clares, the ‘Second Order’ of St Francis , founded by him and...Capuchin Reform of the 16th cent. added the Capuchinesses to the family of Poor Clares. Most Poor Clare convents are strictly contemplative; they are regarded as the... Read more
Poor Clares
Poor Clares. The ‘Second Order’ of St Francis , founded by him and St...a severe rule—later ameliorated for some convents. Nevertheless, Poor Clares are regarded as the most austere religious order in the Roman Catholic Church... Read more
Clare of Assisi
...Clare founded her own order, the Poor Clares, based on his tenets of charity...it later became known as the Poor Clares. The order was unusual in that...and several other communities of Poor Clares were founded. As abbess, she was... Read more
Saint Clare of Assisi
...August 11) Founder of the order of Poor Clares (Clarissines). Born to a noble...Second Order of St. Francis, or Poor Clares, adopted the absolute poverty of...allied with the Franciscans, the Poor Clares are noted for their poverty and... Read more
Colettines
Colettines. A branch of the Poor Clares founded by St Colette (1381–1447), a native of Corbie in Picardy who was canonized in 1807 (feast day, 6 Mar.). Read more

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