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Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church
Reverend Mother Abbess
2505 Stone Hedge Dr
Alexandria, VA 22306-2451
703-768-4918
www.poorclare.com
Community Information
No. in community (professed members)
14
Year founded
1212 in Assisi; 1977 in Alexandria
Generalate/ motherhouse
Autonomous monastery
Province/federation
Poor Clare Federation of Mary Immaculate
Represented in US (Arch)dioceses
Alexandria, VA
About Us
Mission statement/description
The Poor Clares are a Franciscan cloistered, contemplative order, seeking union with God through a life of prayer and joyful penance, in the spirit of Saint Clare.
Qualifications for entry
Sound mental and physical health; good judgment and common sense.
Formation program
Formation progresses from postulancy to novitiate, to temporary profession, and then to permanent profession.
Age range/limit
18-30
Consider belated vocations?
No
Belated/late vocations explanation

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