Franciscan - Poor Clares

Poor Clares

The Poor Clares comprise several orders of nuns in the Catholic Church. The Poor Clares were the second Franciscan order to be established by Saints Clare of Assisi and Francis of Assisi.

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    “To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.”
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)