An Invitation to Community
Welcome to the website of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. Our principal mission is to live a life of prayer and contemplation on behalf of the Church and the entire human family. As a community, we follow the Rule of St. Clare of Assisi, and embrace a poor and humble lifestyle centered in Eucharist.Our life as Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration is our unique response to God's initiative. His love draws us to offer ourselves in loving sacrifice in union with Jesus who gave his life for the world. Desiring to be conformed to him, we embrace a poor and humble lifestyle.
As Franciscan contemplative women devoted to the Eucharist, we carry out the Church's vocation of praise, thanksgiving and love.
By our life of prayer and penance we support and make fruitful the apostolic activity of the whole Church.
Our enclosed atmosphere provides the atmosphere where we learn to seek God above all things.
The rhythm of our day arises from our healthy balance of prayer, study, work, silence and relationship. This climate promotes growth and a maturity that is fully human, Christian and Franciscan. It leads to a gradual transformation of our lives into the image and likeness of God.
Interior and communal prayer lies at the heart of our life. Meditation on the Scriptures, as well as other spiritual reading, provides the foundation for this prayer.
In an atmosphere of prayerful silence, we live out our sisterhood in community.
We warmly invite you to visit the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration.