Community Profile

Poor Clares, Maria Regina Mater Monastery Monastery of the Poor Clares Vocation Director 1175 N 300 W Kokomo, IN 46901-1799 765-457-5743 www.thepoorclares.org

Community Information

International? Yes No. in community (professed members) 10 Year founded 1959 Generalate/ motherhouse Autonomous Province/federation Poor Clare Federation of Mary Immaculate Represented in US (Arch)dioceses Lafayette, IN

About Us

Mission statement/description These sisters are Poor Clare Colettine cloistered contemplatives - called to a life of praise and adoration of God and prayer and penance on behalf of the Church and the world, in the spirit of the Franciscan St. Clare. They foster a joyful community of charity, prayer, penance and they work with the sisters the Lord gives them. Their monastic family is comprised of both cloistered and extern sisters. They are devoted to their enclosed, Eucharistic, Gospel form of life as they strive to imitate Jesus poor, chaste and obedient. While the order, originally founded in 1212, is international in scope, each community is autonomous. Qualifications for entry Baptized and confirmed Catholic women who love God and the Church and are willing to grow in their faith. Good physical and mental health with sufficient maturity to live with others in community. Teachable. Formation program The entire formation takes place within the monastery. The one-year postulancy is followed by a two-year novitiate. A juniorate of at least three years precedes the solemn or final profession as a Poor Clare. Age range/limit 18-30 Consider belated vocations? Yes Belated/late vocations explanation Exceptions to the above age range are sometimes made for good reason.