The Feast of St. Clare, Patron Saint of Needleworkers (1193-1253 is celebrated on August 11. Clare di Faverone was born into Nobility to a family of the town of Assisi. She was educated accordingly. Assisi was known for its fine embroidery and, as part of her education, Clare would have learned how to demonstrate the most intricate patterns and stitches of that time. Clare met Francis di Bernadone (Saint Francis of Assisi) and became a follower of his teachings. At eighteen, she discarded…

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St. Clare of Assisi was the first woman to practice the life of entire poverty as taught by St. Francis. Placed by him at the head of a few companions in the small convent of San Damiano, she governed her community for forty-two years thus founding at the gates of Assisi the Order of Poor Clares. Their Rule included austerities hitherto unknown in monasteries of women. They went barefoot, slept on the ground, kept perpetual abstinence and made poverty the basis of their lives. St. Clare died…

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Would you believe that Saint Clare of Assisi was known in life for her revolutionary conduct and resistance to the pope? Saint Clare was an extraordinary woman who founded the Order of Poor Clares.…

Our Patroness: St. Clare of Assisi

“Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit.” Feast Day: December 13 Patron of: the Blind Willing to give up the comforts of her privileged life in order to obtain a state of enlightenment, Saint Lucy is one of the early virgin martyrs who challenged the authority of the Roman state.…

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St. Clare of Assisi. After listening to the preaching of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare befriended him and with his support chose to reject a life of luxury and dedicated herself to teaching,preaching, and caring for the poor.