Vail Daily

St. Clare of Assisi presents Christmas Pageant in Beaver Creek, Dec. 16

What: St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School Christmas Pageant. When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Where: Vilar Performing Arts Center, 68 Avondale Lane, Beaver Creek ...
Boston College

Clare of Assisi: From Historical Figure to Saintly Model

Recent research about Clare of Assisi has confirmed some former scholarly opinions and upended others about this historical figure. Fully committed to Francis of Assisi’s religious program, she helped ...
Post and Courier

Named for rebellious teenager who became a saint, $22M Catholic church rising on Daniel Is.

Not many rebellious teenagers become saints. But one of them did, and now a huge church named after her is being built on Daniel Island. At a price of $22 million, St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church ...
Hometown Station

48th Annual St. Claire’s Lenten Fish Fry Begins Six Week Run

The 48th Annual Lenten Fish Fry at St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Canyon Country will begin a six week run of serving up its ...
Publishers Weekly

In Praise of Disobedience: Clare of Assisi

Dacia Maraini, trans. from the Italian by Jane Tylus. Rutgers Univ, $29.95 trade paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-9788-3392-0 The life of Italian saint Clare of Assisi gets a clever feminist reimagining in ...
National Catholic Register

Trust in Divine Providence: Poor Clare Nun Follows St. Clare of Assisi’s Example

The Poor Clares follow the Rule of St. Clare — which was approved by Pope Innocent IV two days before Clare’s death in 1253 — and take vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. The Poor Clares of ...
Publishers Weekly

Francis and Clare: The Struggles of the Saints of Assisi

Biographer Brady (Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball) delivers an intriguing if somewhat ponderous dual portrait of the 13th-century Catholic saints Francis of Assisi and his follower, Clare of Assisi.