At the time, there were 27 Poor Clares at the local monastery. “Everybody was dropping out. I was dropping in,” said Toups, who felt called to a life of poverty and contemplative prayer.

Madrid, Spain, Feb 26, 2025 / 18:07 pm. The Poor Clare abbess of the Monastery of Santo Cristo de Balaguer in Lérida province in northeast Spain is criticizing a 2018 rule established by Pope ...

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.

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor ...

Developer John Holland plans to transform the Poor Clare Nuns Monastery in Jamaica Plain into 38 units of senior housing and build an 85-unit condo building behind the existing monastery ...