Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration

	Sister Mary Immanuel Lattner, PCPA My Eucharistic Jesus, King of my Heart, called me to cloistered, religious life and I came. The yearning to abide within never ceases. The gift of vocation unfolds daily. Living unity in community inspired by St. Clare takes Gospel life a step further and offers a burning love for others from which to make choices in the moment. Come and See the story.
	Sister Marie Dominique Ando, PCPA I was born in a Buddhist family from Japan, but through God's grace converted to Catholicism... the biggest and the most important thing that ever happened in my life. I never realized that God exists and that He loves me. His wonderful and mysterious ways are incomprehensible. He picked me up among the gentiles and called me to belong totally to Him.
	Sister Enalyn Erana When I felt deeply called to devout myself to God, I knew I wanted Cloistered Life …. a life of prayer, contemplation and loving sacrifice with total centering on the Eucharist and liturgy. This journey is giving me great challenges to nourish more deeply my spiritual life in union with Jesus Christ. I have this opportunity to gaze upon the Lord everyday in the Blessed Sacrament. I am overwhelmed to say the words of the prophet Jeremiah, "You seduced me O Lord, and I let myself be seduced," - one of my inspired thoughts especially following the Franciscan and Clarian way of life. I pray that this intense fervor I have now would always remain in me, and I would be more determined to continue following the guidance wherever the Holy Spirit would lead me. And that everyday I can utter these words from the Song of Songs, "When I found Him whom my heart loves I took hold of Him and would not let Him go."
	Sister Marion Zeltman, PCPA Each day here at Sancta Clara Monastery is an adventure in God. I delight in whatever I do – whether it’s spending precious time with our Eucharistic Jesus, praying for others, meeting the challenges of the moment or enjoying the company of my sisters in community. I know beyond a doubt that communing with Jesus is my life Source, and I fully trust His wisdom and love in all the circumstances of life. My lifelong love of Jesus in the Eucharist reached its fulfillment when I totally committed myself to Him and made perpetual vows on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1998.
	Sister Mary Assumpta McManus, PCPA I’ve been a Poor Clare Nun of Perpetual Adoration for many years, and have been gloriously happy. My greatest meaning and fulfillment in life comes from the many prayers of adoration and thanksgiving I say for all that God wills for His Church and His people throughout the world. Each day I also remember in prayer those close to me, especially the Sisters in my community. Most of all, I feel that I have grown more and more in love and union with Jesus.
	Mother Mary Magdalen Colson, PCPA “In season and out of season” my life is entirely meaningful because I see that He is altogether the CAPTAIN OF MY LIFE AND HEART! I pray that His beautiful Will be completely fulfilled in me.
	Sister Mary Agnes Shayo, PCPA I was an active sister in Tanzania, East Africa. However, I felt inspired to enter a community with Eucharistic Adoration in gratitude to Jesus for His unconditional love. The love of God and the Spirit of poverty of St. Francis and St. Clare drew me to the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in 2007. My vocation as a cloistered nun is a mystery hidden in the Eucharist. I learn from Jesus the ways of simplicity and humility. Our community life centered in the Eucharist is a Gift. “Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me, Inflame my heart with Love for You.”
	Sister Mary Thérèse Martinsen, PCPA In a world full of demands and distractions, I find focus in Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In a world full of conflicts, I find peace in Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In a world full of trials and tribulations, I find comfort and joy in Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In a world full of doubts and fears, I find security and consolation in Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In a world full of kind and compassionate people, I find my Love in Jesus.
	Sister Mary Gertrude Espenilla, PCPA The Eucharist is the HEART of my call to be a nun. Confronted with challenges in life, I always found strength and peace in the Sacraments, in Holy Communion. Called to be a perpetual adorer of the Eucharist, my life as a Poor Clare of Perpetual Adoration continues to be a fruitful journey and I am tremendously blessed. What a GIFT to live in a community of contemplative women whose way of life is giving praise and thanksgiving for God’s gift of the Eucharist as we witness to be a visible sign of God’s love and peace in our broken world by the love we have for one another and for all whose lives we touch. My heart is filled with gratitude and joy for all that He has done in my life. I strive daily to live in awareness of His abiding LOVE and PRESENCE… for His ongoing call to personal and communal wholeness. “One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek; to dwell in the house of the Lord and contemplate His temple” (Psalm 27)
	Sister Joan Marie Jones, PCPA The Franciscan/ Clarian life, so deeply rooted in the Sacred Humanity of Jesus and in Eucharist, is for me an ever fuller actualization of the call I first heard: to accept the infinite love and mercy of God as a child, with wonder, joy, and thankfulness, and to sing his praise. I have always loved to sing – and one of my greatest joys is to sing God’s praise each day. Because of the gift of God’s life and grace in me, I have faith that my simple Poor Clare life has great spiritual value for all the world. What could make life more meaningful than this? How can I keep from singing?