In Assisi, where the two saints were born, the basilicas of St. Clare and St. Francis offer a view down to the little town where the two saints did their work.

On Aug. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, a woman born into a noble family who was moved by St. Francis’ preaching and decided to embrace a life of poverty ...

The order will celebrate St. Clare of Assisi who took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and enclosure more than 800 years ago with a Mass at 9 a.m. Aug. 11, followed by a reception.

During his homily, Archbishop Jedraszewski said St. Clare of Assisi sewed special shoes for St. Francis to “ease his pain” caused by stigmata and that “many people describing Francis wrote ...