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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Clare is a typical young noblewoman of her time. Having grown up the older ...

Cloistered nuns sacrifice worldly pleasures for austerity and self-denial. May 11, 2007— -- Tonight in the darkness, an ancient ritual will begin, as it has every night for almost a thousand ...

Finding a convent where nuns make altar breads is really a delightful discovery. That is the daily job of the Poor Clare Sisters of Langhorne, Pennsylvania. According to Sister Anne Bartol, “Our main ...

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.