All proceeds benefit the sisters of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. Visitors are welcomed to tour the Shrine or attend mass, and to visit the gift shop inside the castle.

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.

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 ...