The Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy in Belleville was constructed in 1989, four years after St. Henry’s Preparatory Seminary closed, near Frank Scott Parkway West and West Main Street.

Known as the Poor Clares, they don’t have TV sets, radios or internet. Private telephone use is prohibited, except in emergencies. But the monastery has electricity, and rising power bills have ...

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 ...

May 11, 2007— -- Tonight in the darkness, an ancient ritual will begin, as it has every night for almost a thousand years. With bare feet and in complete silence, the Poor Clare sisters of ...

New Orleans attorney Tony Gelderman is buying the Poor Clare monastery near Audubon Park in New Orleans, vowing to honor the Uptown property's 'beauty and nature' during a redevelopment project.