Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters in USA
Welcome
Welcome to the official website of the Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters in the United States! We are contemplative religious women living a life dedicated to prayer, silence, and sisterly communion across our five monasteries. Journey with us into the heart of our vocation, where we seek God through a life of simplicity, poverty, and joyful penance, interceding for the Church and the world.
XVIII Ordinary Assembly
Our Team Members
The newly elected leadership is as follows:
Our Team Members
The newly elected leadership is as follows:
Sr. Elizabeth Flores, OSC Cap.
President
Sr. Beatriz Ayala, OSC Cap.,
Federal Councilor
Sr. Teresa Ángeles, OSC Cap.
Federal Councilor
Fr. David Songy, OFM Cap.,
Assistant to the Federation
From October 6 to 10, 2025, the XVIII Ordinary Assembly of the Federation of Our Lady of the Angels of the Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters took place in an atmosphere of fraternity, prayer, and discernment. Delegates from the various monasteries of the Federation gathered to reflect together on the challenges and hopes of our communities today, in the light of the Gospel, the Constitutions, and the charism of Saint Clare of Assisi.
The Assembly began with a time of prayer and a spiritual reflection offered by Fr. David Songy, OFM Cap., Assistant to the Federation, who accompanied the sisters throughout the week with his guidance and fraternal presence.
We give thanks to the Lord for His presence among us, for the gift of fraternity, and for the sisters who, with generosity and humility, have accepted this service for the good of all. In a spirit of communion and discernment, the Assembly proceeded with the election of the new Federal Government, which will serve the communities for the coming term.
During these days, the sisters shared experiences, reviewed common projects, and renewed their commitment to walk together in fidelity to the spirit of poverty, fraternity, and evangelical joy.
With trust and joy, we entrust this new journey to the Holy Spirit and to the intercession of our Holy Mother Clare and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Angels, that they may continue to guide our communities in following Christ, poor and crucified.
Life of Prayer with the Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters
“Prayer is the breath of the soul.” – St. Clare of Assisi
At the heart of our vocation as Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters is a life wholly dedicated to prayer. We were created to seek the face of God and to intercede for the world. In the silence of our cloister, we embrace a rhythm of daily prayer that draws us deeper into communion with God and His Church.
Life of Prayer
The Divine Office
The Divine Office is the heartbeat of our day. Following the centuries-old tradition of the Church, we gather as a community several times each day to pray the Psalms, meditate on Scripture, and lift up the world in praise and supplication. Through Lauds, Vespers, Compline, and the other Hours, our voices unite with the universal Church in a hymn of love to the Lord.
Lectio Divina
Each day we devote time to Lectio Divina, the sacred reading of Scripture. It is not just reading. It is receiving the Word, allowing it to speak to the depths of our lives, and respond with love.
Our life is hidden with Christ in God
Our life is hidden with Christ in God. In silence, in song, in work and in rest, we strive to remain in loving awareness of God’s presence. The Blessed Sacrament is the center of our monastery and our hearts. Through adoration, spiritual reading, and interior silence, we grow in intimacy with our Divine Spouse and become living intercession for the needs of the Church and the world.
We are contemplative Sisters. We offer our prayer and worship to God in favor of God’s people
Is the Lord calling you to dedicate your life to God?
Do you perceive that Jesus is Calling you to follow him?
Do you want to consecrate your life to God as a Capuchin Sister
If you’re interested in learning more about our Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters way of life, please contact us. To set up a visit to one of our monasteries, see the Contact information on the upper links.
Our daily schedule as Capuchin Poor Clare sisters includes :
As a contemplative community, personal prayer and liturgy are at the center of our lives. We gather several times a day for communal prayer. Our liturgies are simple and reverent, with a focus on contemplative silence, personal prayer, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and participation in Holy Eucharist.
Fraternal Live
A very important element of our Charisma as Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters is living in fraternal life
We live in community, embracing joyfully a life of poverty and fraternity. We are contemplative sisters whose lives revolve around prayer, manual work, study and silence, all for the greater glory of God. Following the example of Christ, who lived a hidden life in Nazareth with Mary his Mother, we live a cloistered life. This enclosure is a visible sign of our total consecration to God. If you think that God might be calling you to be a Capuchin Poor Clare, see our page for vocations.
“Be filled with a remarkable happiness and a spiritual joy! Contempt of the world has pleased you more than its honors, poverty more than earthly riches, and you have sought to store up greater treasures in heaven rather than on earth, where rust does not consume nor moth destroy, nor thieves break in and steal.”(St Clare)
Step into a sacred space and share in the moments of prayer that nourish our sister’s soul. These photographs also capture the grace and hope of her entrance into the novitiate, a significant milestone in her spiritual calling. Join us in celebrating her dedication and the unfolding of God’s plan in her life.
Saint Clare Lover of the Poor and Crucify Lord Jesus
“O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her! O holy poverty, to those who possess and desire you God promises the kingdom of heaven and offers, indeed, eternal glory and blessed life! O God-centered poverty, whom the Lord Jesus Christ who ruled and now rules heaven and earth, who spoke and things were made, condescended to embrace before all else!”
Saint Clare
“What a great laudable exchange: to leave the things of time for those of eternity, to choose the things of heaven for the goods of earth, to receive the hundred-fold in place of one, and to possess a blessed and eternal life.”
Saint Clare
