Further Reading


Please click on the links below for further reading about the Poor Clares, prayer, and more.






Clare identified with the Poor Christ
Pope John Paul II




Fulfil your vocation in a spousal dimension
Pope John Paul II




We have come to worship Him
Pope John Paul II




God Loves a Cheerful Giver
Bishop Martin Drennan




The Inner Thirst - on prayer
Fr. Pat Younge OFM




How to discover your vocation
Fr. Stephen Wang




A Way of Life for young Catholics
Fr. Stephen Wang




St. Clare a model saint
Pat O'Leary




Excerpts from The Rule of St. Clare




The Poor Clare Order




A Short History of The Poor Clares Galway
Celsus O. Brien OFM


God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments.

Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.        

Bl John Henry Newman