Where was the Franciscan Order founded? St Clare founded the Poor Clares or the Order of Saint Clare when she took a vow to give up everything she had and help the less fortunate so she joined Francis in his mission. When was it founded? 1212 by Clare in Assisi. What gender can join? Females were the only ones who could join. Who founded the order and what was their life like leading up to their religious commitment? St Clare founded the Poor Clares. She had a very wealthy life as her parents were wealthy. She was brought up in a palace with her sister, St Agnes. She had a very full education or as much as women were taught in those days (learnt to write, read and needle work) but luxury did not appeal to her and she wished to devote her life to a life without what she had where God would be closer to her. Reason for creation of this order? …show more content…
She disliked the wealth around her and she wished to serve God and become closer to him. When she heard St Francis preach she believed that she wanted to make an order like his and serve God in any way she could. She wished to establish an order that was given permission two days before she died. What makes it different from all the other orders?
Only women can join and they must give up everything and live in poverty. They aren’t known as the Poor Clares for nothing. They eat whatever is donated to them but try to avoid meat when it is not needed. Appearance-dress code? No skin showing except for hands and feet. No shoes. Simple old colours, ragged robes/ clothes. Habits (cloth head pieces that act a bit like hoods that cover everything except for the face slightly like veils as we are quite poor). Very poor and ragged looking because they had no money and no possessions except for a quarters in the manners that were donated to them. What type of personalities does this life suit? The compassionate and meaningful personalities. The generous God loving personalities and the people who are brave and willing to give up and share their lives for others. The people who aren’t afraid to give up their wealth and live differently to how they normally would. This is because it is a very big commitment to make and requires strong virtues of faith and many others. Especially joyful and happy people who are content with a simple
life. Do you come from a religious background? No my family was never religious. We believed in nothing and didn’t care much for believing in Gods and virtues. They wished to survive and keep their luxuries, not spend their time with things that weren’t proven to exist. Did you convert to Christianity? Yes I did. I heard preaching and decided to listen to them whenever I had spare time during the day. St Clare invited me to listen and learn what she had to say. I was inspired to convert and pursued this life style as a Sister and Nun of this order. Impact on the people who live in the surrounding region? My family were surprised but accepted my change of heart as I never did fit in when it came to luxury. I thought that there was nothing I wanted in life but now I had something and it was my only wish. I heard that many other women too gave up everything and went in a pursuit of this lifestyle. I was glad I wasn’t the only one who did this. Times of prayer, meals, sleep? Private night prayers and day prayers. We pray before the sick and injured. 30 minutes of recreation each day and an hour on feast days and Sundays. This includes any talents and skills that the Sisters wish to preform like knitting and music, gardening etc. Storytelling and news is passed on at this time. Chatting is often done during this time as well. Exercise was encouraged at this time as well. At 12:30am they rise for Matins which goes for 1 hour. (Praising God). 1:30 they go back to sleep. 5:00am they rise for Lauds which is the first prayer session of the day. 6:05 is coffee and breakfast. 6:45-7:30 Lectio: Read, meditate, pray and contemplate. This means that they read the first passage of a script, meditate and think then contemplate its meaning. 7:30 Terce: Another Mass of the day. 8:00 is the Holy Mass. 9:00 Morning work starts. 11:40 Sext: the prayer chanted at the 6th hour of the day. 12:10 is dinner. 1:45 Rosary & none: the Rosary is prayed. 2:30 work. 4:15 Vespers & Adoration: Vespers are the evening prayer and adoration and praise time is done there too. 5:05 collation: a small/light meal. 6:00 recreation time. 7:00 or 6:30 depending on what day: Solitude time: Time of quiet prayer and pondering. None are to talk. 7:45 Compline: the evening liturgy. 9:00 retire for the night. Where do you live and work, types of accommodation? We work in the kitchens, gardens; basically anywhere that we could work. We clean, cook, help, garden etc. We serve the manner we live in so manual labour is one of the biggest parts of our lives. It is good for the soul and good for our relationship with God and Jesus. Our manners were donated to us by Pope Innocent/ the Pope at the time. They aren’t luxurious as we gave that up when we took our vows and stepped through the doors. They are decent to live in but no lovely. There is no need for luxury. Levels of commitment- what is your role? We do not quite have those kind of roles though I do cooking and cleaning not gardening. I am head of choir and responsible for the music. In recreation time I do writing, painting and music writing that every often loves for me to play on my flute. Additional notes? I’m Sister Maria of Assisi.
From quite a young age, when many people do not know what they are doing with their lives, Mary had already decided that she wanted to be a nun and help people as much as she could, she wanted to help the poor and less fortunate than her. Mary worked with people and children and ...
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small and they also had to sleep two to a bed. They were educated, but
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wear whatever they want unlike the handmaids who were being assigned to wear certain outfit
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