After 25 years behind the screen of the Monastery of the Poor Clares in Alexandria, Sister Mary Charitas of the Child Jesus ...

The cloistered sisters of the order of St. Clare, also known as the Poor Clare nuns, lost their Fort Myers Beach monastery to Hurricane Ian's floodwaters last fall.

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.

Poor Clare's monastery has a new owner after nuns vacate historic Uptown property. BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer. Blake Paterson. Author email; Nov 3, 2022 Nov 3, 2022; 1 min to read.

Known as the Poor Clares, they don’t have TV sets, radios or internet. Private telephone use is prohibited, except in emergencies. But the monastery has electricity, and rising power bills have ...

Mr. de Gamón, the church official, said the five elderly nuns who avoided excommunication are now the only legitimate Belorado Poor Clares, and so the properties belong to them, not to any of the ...

Now in 2024, the heavenly sounds of the world’s highest-charting nuns are back in our lives, as the Poor Clare Sisters of Arundel release their second album My Peace I Give You, with the first single ...

Living a hidden life of contemplative prayer, they nonetheless have a profound impact on the people of Zimbabwe. A ministry ...

Parish priests, Poor Clare nuns from Ascension Church spent Hurricane Ian huddled inside San Damiano Monastery in Fort Myers. They speak of faith, survival, aftermath, disaster relief.

A choir of nuns swap their traditional abbey for Abbey Road Studios, to release a second album of soothing, spiritual music for 21st century audiences. During the pandemic, the Poor Clare Sisters of ...