It’s been a few years since we’ve had a group photograph taken, and now that we have two postulants and a candidate, it’s definitely time for a new one! Group [...]

Jacopo Guarana (1720 - 1808 ), Three Studies of Hands Clasped in Prayer. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. As Poor Clares, we are called to pray for [...]

" Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis)," by Tom Friedel is licensed by CC BY 3.0 How do you wake up in the morning? You may wake up naturally or [...]

We are in the midst of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christianity Unity, a cause that is close to my heart. This special week of prayer is sponsored by [...]

Sciurus Carolinensis by Chiswick Chap (CC BY-SA 3.0), from Wikimedia Commons Slowing down isn’t something you usually associate with squirrels, but at this time of the year, many are [...]

Light by Max Pixel. CC0. Last Friday, the sisters had a day of prayer and fasting in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Church. We closed [...]

Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi. National Gallery of Art. Epiphany is one of my favorite feasts and has been since childhood. It’s [...]

Sr. Mary Lucy's Meerkats As we near the end of the Christmas Octave and prepare to begin a new year, it’s natural to imitate Janus and look backwards [...]

At this darker time of the year, the trees are skeletal. What you notice first, now, is not foliage but structure, not ornament but underpinning, not rounded canopy but stark, [...]