On Feb. 7, the Poor Clare Monastery in Andover was a place of joy, warmth, and happy smiles as people gathered in the nuns' chapel to celebrate the solemn perpetual profession of Sister Mary Julia ...

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 ...

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WESTWOOD — A brass bell rang out on a recent midwinter afternoon at the Monastery of St. Clare, calling together the property’s 11 nuns. Their monastic schedule starts at 6:15 a.m. with morning prayer ...

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 ...

The exterior of the new monastery under construction in Elkhorn, Nebraska. It's expected to be finished in March. Sister Theresina Santiago, of the Poor Clare Sisters, walks through the new monastery ...

Spain's Archdiocese of Burgos said it is "studying the best way to evict the ex-religious women" after rebel nuns and their superior were excommunicated for rejecting the Catholic Church's authority.

The community of former Poor Clares of Belorado left their monastery near Burgos in northern Spain last Thursday, shortly before the enforcement of a court ...

‘I felt like the Lord had maybe planted the seed long before, and then it bloomed as I got older,’ she said. The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, ...