Poor Clare Nuns, Franciscan Monastery of St. Clare
Contact
Sr. Mary Veronica McGuff O.S.C.
Novice Directress
590 Gay Street
Westwood, MA 02090-3099
poorclarenunsboston@gmail.com
www.poorclarenunsboston.org
Dioceses
Boston, MA
Mission
As Poor Clares observing the First Rule of Saint Clare, we are enclosed, Franciscan, contemplative nuns. Our charism is centered in the love and contemplation of Jesus, in sisterly unity, and in intercessory prayer for the Church and world. Our community prayer is expressed in the full Liturgy of the Hours and in daily Eucharistic adoration.
Qualifications
Practicing Catholic woman interiorly drawn to give herself totally to union with God through a life of prayer. Good physical and emotional health, along with sufficient maturity and generosity, are needed to live the intensity of monastic community life in an enclosed environment.
Formation
The monastery conducts its own novitiate. Informal classes and instructions are arranged according to necessary foundational instructions and the personal needs of each candidate. After at least a year of postulancy, the candidate is received as a novice for two years. After five years in temporary vows, solemn vows of obedience, chastity, poverty and enclosure are made for life.
Province
Most Holy Name of Jesus Federation
International
70 countries
Belated Vocations
The candidacy of each person is individually discerned.