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  #1 Sandy Johnson on 22 Jan 11

   

  The Poor Clares was a convent founded by Saint Clare in 1212 in Assisi, Italy. She was a noble woman who left her home and followed St. Francis of Assisi. Her family initially attempted to take her back by force but her dedication and commitment led them to agree with her decision. She studied initially at a Benedictine convent and later St. Francis offered her a house adjoining the church of San Damiano, where she became abbess. Claire dedicated her order to the strict principles of St. Francis and was far more extreme in the rule of poverty than any of the other orders for women that were known at that time. They were dedicated to living only on what alms were given them by the locals.
  
  The movement grew throughout Northern Italy as women devoted to the Franciscan ideal came to a monastic lifestyle, including Clare's mother and two sisters. The Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, the future Pope Gregory IX prepared a formal rule, Ugolino's rule, which would allow the convents to own property but for it to be held in trust by the Papacy. Clare disagreed with this rule and in 1253 was able to obtain a papal bull which established her own rule which forbade the ownership of property either by individuals or the community of nuns. The communities of nuns that adopted the Ugolino's rule were known as the Order of Saint Clare, those who adopted Clare's new rule were known as Poor Clares.
  
  Today The Poor Clares are alive and well! Attached is a video of The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Ohio. The first American order was established in 1921 and was originally one of the branches of the Order of St. Clare that was begun in France in 1854 by Marie Claire Bouillevaux. The video shows their lifestyle as it is today.
  
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Poor Clares was a convent founded by Saint Clare in 1212 in Assisi, Italy. She was a noble woman who left her home and followed St. Francis of Assisi. Her family initially attempted to take her back by force but her dedication and commitment led them to agree with her decision. She studied initially at a Benedictine convent and later St. Francis offered her a house adjoining the church of San Damiano, where she became abbess. Claire dedicated her order to the strict principles of St. Francis and was far more extreme in the rule of poverty than any of the other orders for women that were known at that time. They were dedicated to living only on what alms were given them by the locals. <br /> <br /> The movement grew throughout Northern Italy as women devoted to the Franciscan ideal came to a monastic lifestyle, including Clare's mother and two sisters. The Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, the future Pope Gregory IX prepared a formal rule, Ugolino's rule, which would allow the convents to own property but for it to be held in trust by the Papacy. Clare disagreed with this rule and in 1253 was able to obtain a papal bull which established her own rule which forbade the ownership of property either by individuals or the community of nuns. The communities of nuns that adopted the Ugolino's rule were known as the Order of Saint Clare, those who adopted Clare's new rule were known as Poor Clares. <br /> <br /> Today The Poor Clares are alive and well! Attached is a video of The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Ohio. The first American order was established in 1921 and was originally one of the branches of the Order of St. Clare that was begun in France in 1854 by Marie Claire Bouillevaux. The video shows their lifestyle as it is today. <br /> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1lXW1qqI8&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1lXW1qqI8&feature=related</a></div>

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