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For the Elizabeth Gaskell story, see The Poor Clare (short story). For the L. P. Hartley novel, see Poor Clare (novel).
Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi
The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Roman Catholic Church. The Poor Clares were the second Franciscan branch of the order to be established. Founded by Clare of Assisi and Francis of Assisi on Palm Sunday in the year 1212, they were organized after the Order of Friars Minor (the First Order), and before the Third Order. As of 2011, there were over 20,000 Poor Clare nuns in over 75 countries throughout the world. They follow several different observances and are organized into federations.[1]
The Poor Clares follow the Rule of St. Clare, which was approved by Pope Innocent IV on the day before Clare's death in 1253. The main branch of the order (OSC) follows the observance of Pope Urban. Other branches established since that time, who operate under their own unique Constitutions, are the Colettine Poor Clares (PCC) (founded 1410), the Capuchin Poor Clares (OSCCap) (founded 1538) and the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (PCPA) (founded 1854).
The PoorClares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as...
Capuchins. The Capuchin PoorClares follow the original ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi. The Capuchin PoorClares are a cloistered community...
The Colettine PoorClares are a reform branch of the Order of St. Clare, founded by Clare of Assisi in Italy in 1211. They follow the interpretation of...
received her at the Porziuncola and thereby established the Order of PoorClares. He gave Clare a religious habit, a garment similar to his own, before lodging...
dependent on St. Mary Province. The Capuchin PoorClares are cloistered nuns of the Order of St. Clare, who form the female branch of the Capuchin Order...
her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the PoorClares. Her feast day is on 11 August. Clare was born in Assisi to the Offreduccio...
friaries. The PoorClares, officially the Order of Saint Clare, are members of a contemplative order of nuns in the Catholic Church. The PoorClares were the...
ensemble the PoorClares, who debuted in 2003 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to rave reviews.[citation needed] The PoorClares' albums include...
aunt, St. Clare. With this miracle she changed her life and entered the PoorClares, later becoming an acquaintance of St. Dominic. Saint Amata of Assisi...
popular acclaim. Padre Bernardo Salví, now chaplain of the Convent of the PoorClares, attends one of the performances. The exhibit is set in Ptolemaic Egypt...
each of the mendicant orders, including: the PoorClares, the Colettine PoorClares, the Capuchin PoorClares, the Dominicans, Carmelites, Servites, Augustinians...
secured the Healthy Schools award. The former Convent of PoorClares was home to nuns of the PoorClares order from 1850 to 2011. The village falls in the 'Amberley...
surrounded the role of the PoorClares, the order of nuns who ran the orphanage, and the local fire service. The PoorClares, an enclosed contemplative...
(which includes poverty and celibacy). In other traditions, such as the PoorClares (the Franciscan Order) and the Dominican nuns, they take the threefold...
the foundress of the Colettine PoorClares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the PoorClares. She is honored as a saint in...
sprang from the order of PoorClares of Perpetual Adoration, one of many branches of the PoorClares, founded by Saint Clare of Assisi. They are a contemplative...
teach poor children there. Tombrock felt that this was her answer from God. After an abbreviated period of training in the life of the PoorClares, Tombrock...
of Friars Minor Capuchin, an order of Roman Catholic friars Capuchin PoorClares, an order of Roman Catholic contemplative religious sisters Capuchin...
1253) was a younger sister of Clare of Assisi and one of the first abbesses of the Order of Poor Ladies (now the PoorClares). Pope Benedict XIV canonized...
1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), who with St. Francis founded the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of PoorClares after her death...
then handed it to her confessor with instructions to send a copy to the PoorClares at Ferrara. Part of this book describes at length her visions both of...
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