Poor Clare Sisters
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
POOR CLARE SISTERS
GABY SEQUEIRA, LAUREN MANTILLA, YASMEEN MARTINEZ, AND MEGAN SPARKS
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Poor Clares are a cloistered monastic community following the inspiration of St. Francis of Assisi and his faithful disciple, St.Clare.
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Poor Clare Sisters are nuns, meaning they live in a monastery for her whole life. Poor Clares are different from other nuns.
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Each Poor Clare community is autonomous. Not all Poor Clares dress or work the same. There is no "template" for them. They are all unique.
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POOR CLARES AROUND FHE WORLD
The sisters joyfully embraced a life of poverty, prayer and contemplation, solitude and seclusion that they might serve the Lord and his church through the holy manner of living as Francis had foretold.
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The Poor Clares of Fort Myers continue this life in their little monastery of San Damiano.
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POOR CLARES OF FT. MYERS
- Days are set into traditional monastic framework of prayer and work.
- Sisters take care and pack order of hosts for local parishes.
- They bookkeep, answer mail and prepare spiritual cards.
- Sisters plan the liturgy.
- Poor Clares of Ft. Myers take care of their kitties.
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