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In the time of COVID-19, the cloistered life offers lessons for the world
- Mar 18, 2020
Cloistered nuns have been “self isolating” for centuries: They can offer advice for people quarantined by COVID-19.
Poor Clares’ monastery in Tennessee quietly closes; last four nuns move on
- Jan 15, 2020
Poor Clares’ monastery in Tennessee quietly closes; last four nuns move on.
Final public Mass, tears mark closing of Poor Clare monastery in Memphis
- Aug 13, 2019
The day they celebrated the feast of St. Clare, which is Aug. 11, the sisters of the Monastery of St. Clare were applauded for all the fruits of their prayer during their last public Mass for the Catholics of Memphis.
Poor Clare marks silver jubilee; she traded in hoops for life of prayer
- Jul 13, 2019
Poor Clare Sister Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels started off as a basketball star.
Pope makes day trip to cloistered Poor Clares in Umbria
- Jan 11, 2019
Pope Francis left the Vatican Jan. 11 to visit a community of cloistered Poor Clare nuns in Umbria.
Living in that same light as St. Clare
- Aug 11, 2017
St. Clare of Assisi — her feast day is observed on August 11— sought to live Franciscan spirituality from within the enclosure of her cloister. While the Franciscan friars were preaching in the cities and rebuilding churches externally, Clare and the sisters were living within the enclosure with a stronger focus on contemplation, intimacy, and relationality.
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