Poor Clare

This was the first Poor Clare community north of the Alps.

She asked simply to become a Poor Clare.

Ask him why he evicted the Poor Clare nuns and closed down their shelter for old people.

The convent was constructed for an order of Poor Clare nuns and the institution began with six members.

Poor Clare Nuns attempted to repair this damage with patches.

But I had a sudden vision of poor Clare, imprisoned in irons for the rest of her life.

Some of the first nuns came from the Poor Clare monastery in Reims.

Poor Clare Colettines lived a rigorous daily schedule of poverty, prayer, and penance.

When a Poor Clare takes this vow, she may not leave the monastery except for doctor's appointments, civil duties, or emergencies.

It started life as a parochial boarding school, and in 1909 it became home to the Poor Clare Sisters.

There the Franciscan friars and the Poor Clare nuns who worked at the hospital resided.

It was administered first by the Poor Clare Sisters, then by the Jesuits.

The Poor Clare monastery was consecrated to Mary, Queen of the Angels.

Fourteen large triangular patches and eight smaller ones were sewn onto the cloth by Poor Clare nuns to repair the damage.

In the 19th century, sisters of the Poor Clare convent introduced needlepoint lace to the women and girls of the locality.

The sisters of the Poor Clare convent were among those that had read her writings almost in their entirety before their eventual publication.

Amata of Assisi was a Poor Clare.

One such was a Poor Clare monastery founded in 1607 at Gravelines by Mary Ward.

When she got back into bed I used to cry 'Poor Clare!' and almost burst into tears as I hugged her.

In the spring of 1534 the Poor Clare Nuns patched the holes and placed a backing Holland cloth on the reverse.

Repairs were made to the shroud in 1694 by Sebastian Valfrè to improve the repairs of the Poor Clare nuns.

Chiara Isabella Fornari who was a Poor Clare in Todi, Italy.

Their daughter, Joan of Austria, founded this convent of nuns of the Poor Clare order in 1559.

Ribnitz is home to the German Amber Museum, which is seated in the former Poor Clare Convent.

The Short Chronicle: A Poor Clare's Account of the Reformation of Geneva.