St. Clare of Assisi at Santa Clara University, CA

Beth — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:29:32 +0000

: Poor Clare Sisters speak with university community on how Clare of Assisi can be a light to our world.

Sisters Dianne Short from the Poor Clare Monastery in Cincinnati and Beth Lynn from the Minneapolis Poor Clares were on campus at Santa Clara University to speak with Dr. Jean Molesky-Poz’s class on the Life and Spirit of St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Clare of Assisi.

The Sisters also spoke to the University community from 4-6 PM in the St. Clare Room of the Library. Listen to audio of the conversation.

Father Gerry McKevitt, S.J. author of The University of Santa Clara: A History,1851-1977, invited the Sisters to lunch at the Jesuit residence on campus. The conversation was witty and brilliant.http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/houseofclare/retreat2010.html

Winter

Beth — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:07:24 +0000

WINTER

The moon sheds silver shadows on the sky,
blue shadows on the snow;
the house-beams crack all night
startling us with the news
that it is colder than we thought.

“Winter is closing in,” we say,
but winter moves us outward in imagination
to learn how cold it is to be exiled from the sun,
how lonely the darkness,
how welcome the light of any approaching star.
Sr. Kate

Scheduled Events

Beth — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:17:52 +0000

January 3, 2010, Feast of the Ephipany at the Monastery. David Haschka, S.J., the founding president of Christo Rey Jesuit High School in south Minneapolis, was our presider. Sister Gabriel made the beautiful stole contructed from the fabric one of our Sisters brought to her from Guatemala.

Clare and Jeremy Biedny with their dad and our long time friend, Jay, joined us for the Eucharist.

PEACE VIGIL AT THE MONATERY, December 31, 2009: adoration with readings, song and prayer, open to all, 7:00 to 8:30 PM. You are invited to stay as long as you choose. Office of Readings at 8:30 PM.