The Poor Clares have been part of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville since 1986, when they branched out from a monastery in ...

The end of an era...The nuns from the Sisters of St Clare Order in Kerry are to depart Kenmare after more than 160 years. In a special ceremony at Holy Cross Church Kenmare, Co Kerry on Sunday ...

Catríona O'Neill. Photo by Tatyana McGough. When the Sisters of St Clare, more commonly known as the Poor Clares, announced in February they are to leave Kenmare after 161-years of educational ...

Sixteen Spanish nuns have announced they are breaking from the Catholic Church and instead placing themselves under the ...

The cloistered nuns, who belong to the Poor Clares order and were famed for the ... He has since formed the Devout Union of the Apostle Saint Paul, which he calls “the true church of Christ”.

Given this, we have an obvious patron saint–St. Clare of Assisi. Who was she? How does her life speak to us today in Silicon Valley, in our daily experience of long commutes, uncertain employment, ...