Contact

Mother Maria Benedicta, P.C.C.
Mother Abbess
6200 E. Minooka Road
Minooka, IL 60447-9458

815-467-0032
poorclaresofjoliet@att.net
https://www.poorclaresofjoliet.org/

1995

Year Founded

16

Members

18-40

Age Range

Autonomous

Generalate

Dioceses

Joliet, IL

Mission

Our Mission is to stive to revitalize our Franciscan heritage with the Latin Holy Mass and Divine Office: Holy Father Saint Francis encourages you, "come and help me..."

Holy Mother Saint Clare exhorts you, "when you have loved Him, you are chaste, when you have touched Him, you become more pure, when you have accepted Him, you are a virgin."

Holy Mother Saint Colette emboldens you, "Praise, praise all the time..."

Qualifications

Unmarried Catholic laywoman who has a good will, good health and a spirit of sacrifice. Real separation from the world, silence and solitude, express and protect the integrity and identity of the wholly contemplative life, ensuring that it remains faithful to its specific charism and to the sound traditions of the institute. Pope Saint John Paul II's words of blessing have been and still are a support and encouragement to all cloistered contemplatives. "I entrust to Mary, faithful Virgin and House consecrated to God, your Communities and each one of you. May the Mother of the Lord grant that from your monasteries a ray of that light which enveloped the world when the Word was made flesh and came to live among us should shine forth again!" (from Verbi Sponsa, instructions of the Contemplative Life + enclosure of Nuns, Vatican 1999)

Formation

For both cloistered and extern, one year postulancy, two years as a novice, three years of temporary vows, and then solemn vows.

Province

Autonomous

International

76 countries/20,000 members

Belated Vocations

We may accept belated vocations if the above qualifications for entry are met.