In Saint Clair, there’s a former Catholic church that was blessed by a saint. Well, a bishop who would become a saint. John N. Neumann was bishop of Philadelphia when he blessed St. Boniface Roman ...

Given this, we have an obvious patron saint–St. Clare of Assisi. Who was she? How does her life speak to us today in Silicon Valley, in our daily experience of long commutes, uncertain employment, ...

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) may be unique among the saints of the Catholic ... just as if they were endowed with reason.” Thomas of Celano, Life of St. Francis 1:29 Statue of St. Clare on facade of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — St. Clare’s Parish, the largest-membership parish in the Archdiocese of New York, will celebrate its ...

Ironically, this only accentuated her ethereal features—it made her look iconic. According to legend, St. Clare of Assisi shocked her family by shaving her beautiful long hair to follow St. Francis in ...

Pope Francis welcomed a group of children and young people from the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People in ...

written by St Francis of Assisi in 1224, is at the core of the album, divided across seven songs. He was a friend of St Clare who founded the order of nuns. The Poor Clares of Arundel are donating ...

St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi; and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. The pontiff concluded by saying that pilgrims of hope are “children and young people who have encountered the Lord ...