WHERE WERE YOU IN 1960?
In 1960
Florida was mission territory
when the Poor Clares came
to establish
the first cloistered,
contemplative monastery.
Poor Clare Nuns are women who seek to walk in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi and his most faithful follower, St. Clare of Assisi. We desire to live a life of poverty, humility and obedience in imitation of Christ in the Gospel ~ the goal of every Franciscan.
As members of the Second Order of the Franciscan Family, we do not engage in external ministries ~
Prayer is our very life. . .
Centered around the Eucharist and Liturgy of the Hours, we intercede for the needs of all God's people, within a contemplative, Franciscan family setting.
The atmosphere of a Poor Clare Monastery is that of a family working together to help support themselves. It is also a family that prays together and supports one another through mutual encouragement and fidelity. Fraternal unity is manifested by a love and reverence for one another, by a joyful and cheerful attitude, and through genuine caring and bearing one another's burdens. In this way, we model the words of St. Francis, that we do not just say prayers, but that we also become prayer.