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How would the life of Saint Clare of Assisi have played out if she was a Valley girl?’ is probably not a question you’ve ever ...
Poor Clare at the Orange Tree Theatre review: this riches to rags fable is polished but tone deaf - 3/5 This meditation on wealth inequality draws hang-wringing parallels to the Middle Ages– with mixe ...
Poor Clare, written by Chiara Atik and directed by Blanche McIntyre, tells the story of how Clare (Arsema Thomas) is influenced by fellow Assisi resident Francis (Freddy Carter) to abandon her life of ...
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.
Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor ...
Saint Clare of Assisi’s story of devotion, austerity, and understanding, while at first glance not comedic, is brought to vivid and laugh-out-loud life by playwright Chiara Atik.
In this presentation, Catherine M. Mooney discusses highlights of her recent book on Clare of Assisi’s and her allies’ struggles and shares her current research on how Clare, after her death, was ...
The order will celebrate St. Clare of Assisi who took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and enclosure more than 800 years ago with a Mass at 9 a.m. Aug. 11, followed by a reception.
At a price of $22 million, St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church is under construction and will bear the name of the nearly 18-year-old who slipped out of her parents' house in Italy about 900 years ...
Francis & Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in the Center Grove area, whose was participating in a ministry focused on those needs. “It’s just awesome,” said Donna Kelker, a member at SS.
St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church is the island’s landmark, and its neo-Gothic architecture marks a welcome return to tradition on an island whose original development plan signaled a new ...
Set in 1211 Italy, playwright Chiara Atik tells the story of St Clare of Assisi, founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (later called The Poor Clares), who renounced her family’s wealth and status and ...