Our ministry is PRAYER

 in and for the Church

   and for all of God's people. 

 

 

 

Through hours of prayer and solitude, the Poor Clares focus primarily on the spiritual and temporal well-being of the Church in South Florida.   We are especially mindful of the Archdiocese of Miami, from which we began, and the Diocese of Palm Beach in which we now reside; but there really are no boundaries to the scope of our prayer.  Petitions for our prayerful intercession arrive by mail and telephone from far and wide.

 

Throughout the Scriptures we learn that Christ often "went apart to pray."    A Poor Clare imitates Christ in this way, by following His call to a life of solitude, poverty, simplicity and contemplation, so that she might serve God and the Church by her very manner of living.    Through our ministry of intercessory prayer, we share more deeply in the sufferings and hopes of all people everywhere.  As members of the Franciscan Family, our community living is as  important as our prayer life.  Our ministry to each other in everyday needs and concerns is very real and is the fruit of our prayer.    Serving and showing reverence for Christ in each other must be tangible,  for our prayer life to be real.

 

The Eucharistic Sacrifice and the daily chanting of the Liturgy of  the Hours form the basic structure and center of our Poor Clare life.  Entrusted by the Church with this sacrifice of praise, we carry out on earth the worship of angels in heaven.   

 

 We are privileged to have Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament several times each day. It is here that we gain wisdom and strength to meet and embrace the challenges of each new day and once again to unite our will and aspirations with God's.

 

 

 

     Our usual prayer schedule:

  • Private Adoration with Exposition
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m.
  • Eucharist:   8:00 a.m. - Sundays;  7:00 a.m. - Weekdays
  • Mid-Morning Prayer after Eucharist
  • Midday Prayer at 11:45 a. m.
  • Afternoon Adoration until after Night Prayer
  • Evening Prayer at 5:00 p.m.
  • Night Prayer at 6:00 p.m.

 

Some of our friends join us for Sunday and weekday Eucharist  and we invite you to do the same, when your schedule permits.

Since moving to Sherwood Park in west Delray in 1967, we have been privileged to have as our chaplains, the priests from St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach.  

Bishop Carroll's desire from the beginning was to have a connection between the monastery and the seminary, so that the Sisters would pray not only for the priests of the area but also for men being trained to become priests for all of Florida and beyond.