• August 11: Saint Clare of Assisi

    In Poverty, Freedom

    An unbreakable bond, sealed in life and continued into eternity, united Francis and Clare of Assisi. Clare, who called herself  Francis’ “little plant,” embraced Lady Poverty following his example.

  • Bishop Vincenzo Viva, presides over the Solemnity of Saint Clare of Assisi at the Poor Clare Monastery in Albano

    A calling that sets one on the journey

    A calling that becomes contagious—that of Saint Clare of Assisi—when, in San Damiano, even her mother Ortolana and her sister Beatrice embraced the same form of life. This is confirmation that it was not an isolated choice but rather “a calling that even today sets us on the journey, if we listen to it—a calling that provokes processes of inner transformation”.Thus spoke the Bishop of Albano, Monsignor Vincenzo Viva, as he presided over the concelebrated Eucharist on the feast of Saint Clare of Assisi, Monday afternoon, August 11, at the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor Clares, located within the territory of the Pontifical Villas. The latter are administered by the Governorate of Vatican City State.