Clare was not a shrinking violet! She did, however, call herself the “the little plant of Francis.” In 1212, when she was only about nineteen years old, she escaped from her home through “the door of the dead.” It was at that time, with the blessing of the Bishop and the help of her aunt, that she went to Francis to join him and his “Lesser Brothers.”
“Remember when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given.”
-St. Francis of Assisi
Since the time of St. Francis and his first followers, our ministries, our ability to serve those in need, the education of new Friars, the care of our senior men all are possible with the partnership of our benefactors. Your generosity makes these stories possible.
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