When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate ...

WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis. Indeed, she referred to herself as his “little plant”. While she certainly flourished from the ...

St. Agnes of Assisi, the gentle younger sister of the more famous St. Clare of Assisi, is hardly known for her fierceness. She never carried a banner into battle, nor did she travel overseas to ...

LUBBOCK – The Catholic community of Saint Clare of Assisi Church began celebrating Masses on Ash Wednesday. The Catholic Diocese of Lubbock’s newest community will celebrate Masses in worship ...

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 ...

Yes, there are patron saints for churches. There are patron saints for cities and countries (Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi, for example, are co-patron saints of Italy). And there are ...

The parish will merge with St. Clare of Assisi in St. Clair. People who live near that parish tell us a number of other churches have merged into the church in recent years, and it makes for ...

Daniel Island's Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church silenced song and prayer to unveil their new design plan for their future parish that is planned for the island community in 2021. After four ...

Writing in the foreword to the new book St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister, Mother Rosella Chiara Mancinelli, OSC, a Poor Clare (one of Saint Clare’s spiritual daughters), writes ...

Although seven centuries have passed, St. Clare of Assisi continues to be revered for her piety and poverty. Perhaps she should also be revered for her pen. History tells us that Pope Gregory IX ...

In the spirit of God's call to Saint Francis of Assisi to "rebuild His Church,'' St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in Clear Lake Sunday (Feb. 16) celebrated the groundbreaking for a new multi ...

This was after the friar came to preach at the church of San Giorgio in Assisi during ... a piece of Clare’s cranium, was a fitting symbol of the Italian saint’s reputation as “the brain ...