First-class relics from St. Francis de Sales, St. Clare of Assisi, St. John Paul II and St. Charles Lwanga ... featuring elegant new stands as well as statues crafted by Italian sculptor and artist ...

In 1212, he helped establish a second order for women, called the Poor Ladies of San Damiano, later known as the Poor Clares, led by St Clare of Assisi. In 1224, while on retreat at Mount La Verna ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate ...

“They created a beautiful mosaic,” he said. A statue of Mary and Jesus sits within St. Clare of Assisi Church in St. Clair, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA ...

WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis. Indeed, she referred to herself as his “little plant”. While she certainly flourished from the ...

Over time, his order became incredibly popular. His influence on one follower, Clare of Assisi, led her to create a similar mendicant order for women. He met such prominent and powerful ...

The Allentown Catholic Diocese closed St. Boniface in 2008, when it was merged with four other parishes to form St. Clare of Assisi parish ... the church had a statue of St. Barbara, patron ...

The statue of El Divino Niño in the shrine replicates ... This prayer was composed for this silver anniversary by Poor Clare Sister Mary Michael, one of the original sisters of the Poor Clares ...

Figueiredo, 60, is a former city trader who was ordained as a priest in 1994, and worked in the Vatican before being sent to Assisi in 2020 ... in the form of statues, and circulated on social ...

“I can distinctly remember sitting in the pew, looking around the church, looking at the altar, the tabernacle, the various statues of different saints ... he explained to parishioners at Saint Clare ...

Assisi Heights Spirituality Center program coordinator Sister Marlys Jax said the architectural aspects like the statues of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi can become hidden in plain view.