Donna Foley, Secular Franciscan and former FST employee, shares a brief but telling account on how St. Clare helped a frantic mother.

The third video in our series by the Franciscan Friars of St. Barbara Province’s Leadership Team/Definitorium features Fr. Garrett and Br. Bill’s thoughts on St. Clare.

Reflecting on the correspondence between St. Clare and St. Agnes of Prague, Mercedes Mathews, Director of Retreats at MSLR, and Mission Integration Associate in the Provincial Office of Mission Integration, speaks on how these types of holy friendships are maintained today. If you are interested in reading the letters St. Clare wrote to St. Agnes, […]

Laura Chun, Secular Franciscan and MSLR community member, shares about an attack of Saracen mercenaries on Assisi and what St. Clare did upon their arrival, making her a badass (Laura’s words, not mine!).

Sister Frances Teresa returns to help us understand the relationship between Sts. Francis and Clare. She also discusses Clare’s influence on the brothers…let’s just say she was no pushover. Sr. Teresa Downing’s books can be purchased from Tau Publishing here

The second video in our series by the Franciscan Friars of St. Barbara Province’s Leadership Team/Definitorium features Fr. Martin and Br. John’s thoughts on St. Clare.  

Sr. Frances Teresa Downing is a Poor Clare sister living in England. She is the author of six books about St. Clare. In the video below, she describes St. Clare in the context of her society which, as it turns out, has a lot of the same problems as ours.   Sr. Teresa Downing’s books […]

St. Clare died in 1253 and became a saint in 1255. Imagine the celebrations in Assisi! Ever since, St. Clare’s Feast Day is celebrated on August 11th. This year, the US friars are celebrating by welcoming six men into postulancy, which is the first step on the road to becoming a friar. Fr. Sebastian Sandoval, […]

When we think of Saints, we often think of miracles, but Chaplain Jenna Neilsen suggests that St. Clare and her sisters employed something more, like loving kindness, to heal a friar.  

The Poor Clare nuns of Spokane, Washington, answer the age-old question: “What do you do all day?   Click here, for a larger view of their schedule.   Who becomes a Poor Clare nun? Farmers, foster kids, and Rita Louise! To hear the stories of the sisters, click here.   Other Poor Clare communities you […]