Bret Thoman, O.F.S., is an American Catholic lay writer, secular third order Franciscan, and pilgrimage guide based in Loreto, Italy. Since 2004 he and his wife Katia have directed St. Francis ...

It has been brought to my attention (via my dad, because that’s what dads are for) that today is the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi. As far as namesake saints go, Clare is pretty cool: she was one ...

The author of a new book about her discusses the life and insights of Saint Francis’s spiritual sister. Writing in the foreword to the new book St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister, Mother ...

As an avid student of Franciscan topics for nearly 50 years, I have always been puzzled by the wealth of information made available about St. Francis of Assisi and the limited resources on St. Clare.

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 ...

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) may be unique among the saints of the Catholic Church for the abundance of horticultural references surrounding her life and legacy. Commemorating Clare with a garden is ...

“Their angels in heaven always behold the face of my heavenly Father” (Matt 18:10). Ezek 2:8—3:4; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we place the life of St. Clare in the historical context of the 13th ...

Daniel Island's Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church silenced song and prayer to unveil their new design plan for their future parish that is planned for the island community in 2021. After four ...