Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church
Contact
Reverend Mother Abbess
2505 Stone Hedge Dr
Alexandria, VA 22306-2451
https://poorclaresofalexandria.org/
1212 in Assisi; 1977 in Alexandria
Year Founded
15
Members
18-30
Age Range
Autonomous monastery
Generalate
Dioceses
Arlington, VA
Mission
The Poor Clares are a Franciscan cloistered, contemplative order, seeking union with God through a life of prayer and joyful penance, in the spirit of Saint Clare.
Qualifications
Sound mental and physical health; good judgment and common sense.
Formation
Formation progresses from aspirancy to postulancy, to novitiate, to temporary profession, and then to permanent solemn profession.
Province
Poor Clare Federation of Mary Immaculate
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