Daniel Island's Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church silenced song and prayer to unveil their new design plan for their future parish that is planned for the island community in 2021. After four ...

The story of Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), the first woman to formally associate with Francis of Assisi, is explored in a new book, Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, ...

Recent research about Clare of Assisi has confirmed some former scholarly opinions and upended others about this historical figure. Fully committed to Francis of Assisi’s religious program, she helped ...

The author of a new book about her discusses the life and insights of Saint Francis’s spiritual sister. Writing in the foreword to the new book St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister, Mother ...

In the spirit of God's call to Saint Francis of Assisi to "rebuild His Church,'' St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in Clear Lake Sunday (Feb. 16) celebrated the groundbreaking for a new ...

Not many rebellious teenagers become saints. But one of them did, and now a huge church named after her is being built on Daniel Island. At a price of $22 million, St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church ...

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. The Poor Clares of ...

Bret Thoman, O.F.S., is an American Catholic lay writer, secular third order Franciscan, and pilgrimage guide based in Loreto, Italy. Since 2004 he and his wife Katia have directed St. Francis ...

Although seven centuries have passed, St. Clare of Assisi continues to be revered for her piety and poverty. Perhaps she should also be revered for her pen. History tells us that Pope Gregory IX wrote ...

Located in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, St. Clare of Assisi School has been an active part of its parish and neighborhood for over 60 years. The staff and faculty at St. Clare’s pride ...

“Their angels in heaven always behold the face of my heavenly Father” (Matt 18:10). Ezek 2:8—3:4; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we place the life of St. Clare in the historical context of the 13th ...