The Poor Clares follow the Rule of St. Clare — which was approved by Pope Innocent IV two days before Clare’s death in 1253 — and take vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. The Poor Clares of ...

As an avid student of Franciscan topics for nearly 50 years, I have always been puzzled by the wealth of information made available about St. Francis of Assisi and the limited resources on St. Clare.

What: St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School Christmas Pageant. When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Where: Vilar Performing Arts Center, 68 Avondale Lane, Beaver Creek ...

Volunteers help set up toys and other gifts for a Christmas celebration for the ProVida Indianapolis ministry through St. Patrick Catholic Church. Johnson County parishes St. Rose of Lima Catholic ...

Sister Christina Neumann, formerly of West St. Paul, Minn., has made her first profession of vows in her Franciscan Congregation in Hankinson, N.D. Neumann, 28, made the profession Aug. 11, the Feast ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

The Italian city of Assisi will host a prayer vigil for Ukraine and a Mass for peace in the Basilica of St. Francis this weekend. “The city and the Church community of Assisi, guardians of the message ...

St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School, 3131 El Dorado Blvd., has received $11,000 worth of hand-held probewear for the science classrooms. A grant from the Houston Endowment administered through the ...

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, founding ...