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We live in a community as one united family, being led and vivified by the Holy Spirit.
Work
We endeavor to look after our own needs and support ourselves by means of various types of work
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Not Many people in Zimbabwe have heard of the Poor Clare Sisters
Mostly because we are an Enclosed Order leading a life of prayer and silence. We are a haven of peace and serenity amid the hectic, tumultuous world! The Poor Clare Order was founded by St. Clare in 1212. St Clare was a close follower of St. Francis of Assisi who founded the Franciscan Order. The Poor Clare Sisters, therefore, follow Franciscan Spirituality. Since their formation, many Monasteries have begun around the world and here in Zimbabwe. The first Poor Clare Sisters arrived from Spain in 1985 and started a Monastery in the vicinity of St Francis Church in Waterfalls.
POOR CLARE SISTERS
How We Live
The contemplative vocation is a free gift from God. God invites, He does not compel. The Poor Clare Sister is aware of her call to serve – to serve the Lord directly and to serve God’s people indirectly.
Prayer
We devote as much time to the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The Poor Clares follow a life of contemplation, with their day centred on the Eucharist and Eucharistic Adoration, either daily or perpetual. This means that we devote as much time as possible to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
enclosure
Silence
Not Many people in Zimbabwe have heard of the Poor Clare Sisters, mostly because they are an Enclosed Order and they plead a life of prayer and silence. They are a haven of peace and serenity in the midst of the hectic, tumulous world we live in!
Enclosure
By means of the Enclosure, the Poor Clares try to lead a more intense life of prayer in solitude and silence in order to make the encounter with God firmer and easier. The sisters may not leave the Enclosure except for a legitimate reason and with the necessary permission. For a more intense life of prayer in solitude and silence
Poverty
By the vow of Poverty and being detached from materialism and cares of this world, the Poor Clares are able to devote more time to the service of God and in this way, to the service of their brothers and sisters in the world.We devote more time to the service of God by detachment
Work
Poor Clare Sisters endeavor to look after their own needs and support themselves by means of various types of work, in line with their life of recollection and prayer e.g. gardening, sewing, cooking, making priests vestments and altar bread thus using the talents given by God to be of service to the Church.
Community
The Poor Clare Sisters, live in the community as one united family. Community life, an essential element of the Poor Clare’s way of life is caused, fed, and vivified by the Holy Spirit a life of contemplation Centered on the Eucharist and Eucharistic Adoration
We endeavor to look after our own needs and support ourselves by means of various types of work, in line with our life of recollection and prayer.
