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Pope St. John Paul's Message to Young People
It is Jesus you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that...
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St. Clare's Novena
The month of August marks a certain turning point in the Poor Clare calendar. The gardens begin to look a bit tired after the intense heat and productivity of July. Late summer flowers replace the...
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The Life of Penance Until the Coming of the Lord
We are preparing for the Feast of our Holy Father St. Francis that will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 4th. Here is a meditation: If by true penance we have determined to follow Him Who is...
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We Need A Chaplain! (Please share with any good priest who might be interested)
We, the Poor Clare Sisters of Barhamsville, Va., are looking for a Resident Chaplain to provide for us the essential service of daily Mass. All candidates for this position should be priests of good...
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Autumn at Bethlehem Monastery
Virginia is not known for its glorious autumnal foliage. On our property, the trees mostly turn yellow or brown with an occasional maple or sweet gum blushing reddish orange. However, a few of our...
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Solemn Profession of Sister Mary Laetitia
I bring you Glad Tidings of Great Joy! Today is born in Bethlehem Monastery a new Solemnly Professed Poor Clare Sister! Her name is Sister Mary Laetitia of the Merciful Heart of Jesus. Rejoice with...
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Pictures of Sister Mary Laetitia's Solemn Profession
During this Thanksgiving weekend we give thanks especially for the Solemn Profession of our Sister Mary Laetitia last week! As promised, here are some pictures from that glorious event:The night...
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Blessed Christmas and a Holy New Year to All!
Christmas Prayer Eternal Father, You so loved the world that you gave your only Son, that the world might have life through Him. Grant us the grace, through Your Holy Spirit, to truly be sons...
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Ongoing Christmas
One month after Christmas, our yuletide decorations have been carefully put away. Or at least put out of the way until one can catch up on all the mundane activities that were necessarily put aside...
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To wind up the extended Christmas Season, we would like to share a slide-show:https://youtu.be/IJyoWg3OAEoAfter all, we never leave Christmas completely behind. Every day is a good day to celebrate...
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February 7th is the Feast of St. Colette who reformed the Order of St. Clare in the 15th century. Our own community is descended from one of the reformed monasteries she founded, so we call her our...
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Transformation in Christ
To celebrate the beginning of Lent, we posted this slide show presentation on one of our favorite authors. Unfortunately, Youtube required a muting of most of the musical background because of...
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Palm Sunday 2024
We have entered upon the road to Calvary, beginning our observance of Holy Week. On this Palm Sunday we would like to share our Mass petitions:That Christ Jesus, who did not grasp at equality with...
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Easter Vigil 2024
The Blessing of the FireO God, who through your Son bestowed upon the faithful the fire of your glory,sanctify this new fire, we pray,and grant that, by these paschal celebrations, we may be so...
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Pruning
I did what I was supposed to do.As soon as the glorious blossoms on our large azalea bush began to look more like limp rags, I pulled out our clippers and began the awful task of pruning. Unlike the...
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Appeal from our Dominican Friars
I just received this email from the Thomistic Institute Friars. Being a cloistered nun, I have no money, but I pray for them and their success. Then I had an idea: why not publish their email here....
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St. Anthony's Blessing
A good Franciscan Friar, Father Anthony, was with us for his nameday, June 13, the feast of the great St. Anthony of Padua. He gave us a relic of his blessed patron who is beloved of us all, and also...
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We are now in the midst of our Novena in honor of St. Clare, our Foundress, whose feastday is on August 11. This video is a celebration of her vision of the Consecrated Life as a Eucharistic...
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800th Anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis
This year,September 17, 2024, the whole Franciscan family is celebrating the 8th centenary of the Stigmata of our Father St. Francis. This is when he was mystically marked by the wounds of Christ as...
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Jesus heals Bartimaeus
This Sunday we heard the Gospel of Jesus healing Bartimaeus, the blind beggar. We offered the folllowing petitions at Holy Mass:That the Church may be true to her mission of spreading the light of the...
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