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Weekend calendar May 6-8
Happy Mother’s Day to our Heavenly Mother, our earthly mothers and Maggie’s Place moms and alumnae. The house of hospitality for expectant women who are alone opened on Mother’s Day 2000. Don’t forget about the JPII exhibit, Poor Clares, Diversity Mass and more this weekend. For a look at how students at one school is [...]
Five years as ‘Desert Nuns’
Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration’s journey west. They ventured from the motherhouse in Alabama At the invitation of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in order to establish a cloister in Phoenix. Here’s part of their blogpost marking the anniversary: Since our arrival, the Diocese of Phoenix has become [...]
Poor Clare update
If you heard any promotions for the first annual Nun Run in recent months, you know that the Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Black Canyon City are raising money to build a permanent monastery in Tonopah. Their chapel has been under construction since September. A completion date for its exterior should be in [...]
Nun Run recap
In case you missed the inaugural Nun Run this weekend, the Poor Clare Sisters sent me — and I would imagine a lot of their other supporters — a video recap. Nearly 500 people ran the 5k according to the race results. Another 195 continued on to finish the 10k. Women as young as 5 [...]
Monastery Update
The Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are kind enough to keep me posted on major milestones in their quest to build their adoration chapel in Tonopah. A full-fledged monastery will be built as funds permit. Construction crews successfully placed the dome atop the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery on Thursday. They sent me some [...]