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


When we succeed in living in God’s time, open to the epiphany underlying every little happening and every commonplace gesture, we are in fact engaging in a truly contemplative exercise and making a declaration of freedom in the face of a world that suffers from a self-centred understanding of time which pushes people towards despair or mindless escapism.  The contemplative is a witness to the truth that time is not money but relationship.                           

Giacomo Bini OFM