Dedicated to God (38 page)

1
.
Verbi Sponsa: Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of the Nun
(Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life; May 13, 1999), 13.

2
.
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata of the Holy Father John Paul II to the Bishops and Clergy Religious Orders and Congregations Societies of Apostolic Life Secular Institutes and All the Faithful on the Consecrated Life and its Mission in the Church and in the World
, Rome, March 25, 1996,
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031996_vita-consecrata_en.html
.

3
.
Verbi Sponsa
, 10.

4
. Ibid., 27.

5
. Pope Benedict XVI,
Biographical Sketch of St. Clare of Assisi
, September 15, 2010,
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100915_en.html
.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Colettine Poor Clare Nuns,
Golden Jubilee: 1916–1966
(Rockford, Ill.: Corpus Christi Monastery, June 29, 1966), 6.

8
. Ibid., 5.

9
. Ibid., 10.

10
.
Come Follow Me
, a brochure written and published by the Poor Clare Colettine nuns at the Corpus Christi Monastery.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Friar Benet Fonck, e-mail message to author, September 3, 2011.

13
. Ibid.

14
. “Frequently Requested Church Statistics,” Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, a Georgetown University affiliated national not-for-profit research center on Catholic data, Catholic statistics, and Catholic research, accessed on June 19, 2013,
http://cara.georgetown.edu/CARAServices/requestedchurchstats.html
.

1
. Editors Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, and William J. Short. Francis of Assisi—The Saint: Early Documents,
Volume 1
. New York: New City Press, 1999. Page 103.

2
. Bullarium Franciscanum I:771. Translation in Joan Mueller.
Clare’s Letters to Agnes: Texts and Sources
. St. Bonaventure, NY: The Franciscan Institute, 2001. Page 208. Also, Joan Mueller, e-mail message to author, July 31, 2013.

1
. Poor Clare Colettine Nuns,
Golden Jubilee: 1916–1966
(Rockford, Ill.: Corpus Christi Monastery, June 29, 1966), 25.

1
.
Verbi Sponsa: Instruction on the Contemplative Life and the Enclosure of the Nun
(Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, May 13, 1999).

Further Reading

Fonck, Benet A.
To Cling With All Her Heart to Him: The Spirituality of St. Clare of Assisi.
Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1996.

Fonck, Benet A.
Ritual of the Secular Franciscan Order.
Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1995.

Fonck, Benet A.
Called to Make Present the Charism: Ongoing Formation for Secular Franciscans Based on the Footnotes of the Sfo Rule.
Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2001.

Fonck, Benet A.
Called to Build a More Fraternal and Evangelical World: Commentary on the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order.
Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2002.

Mueller, Joan.
Clare of Assisi: The Letters to Agnes.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003.

Mueller, Joan.
Clare’s Letters to Agnes: Texts and Sources (Clare resources series)
. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2012.

Mueller, Joan.
The Privilege of Poverty: Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women
. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.

Norris, Kathleen.
The Cloister Walk.
New York: Riverhead Books, 1997.

Rogers, Carole Garibaldi.
Habits of Change: An Oral History of American Nuns.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Index

afterlife.
See
death and the afterlife

Agnes of Assisi, Saint,
9
,
115

Ann Frances, Sister,
122
–
24
,
130
–
31
,
166
,
230

Ann Marie, Sister (Lisa)

doubt and,
200
–
201

family and,
191
–
93
,
196
–
97

life before entering the convent,
191
–
97

monastic life and,
197
–
98
,
200

poverty and,
200

vocation and,
191
–
96
,
198
–
200

anonymity,
4
,
5
–
6
,
73
,
102
,
142
,
149

Assisi, Italy,
106
–
7
,
212

Augustine, Saint,
212
,
217

bells,
102

Benedict XIII, Pope,
9

Benedict XVI, Pope,
9

Bernadette of Lourdes, Saint,
81

Bible,
40
,
211
,
220

Blessed Sacrament

exposition of,
3
,
30
,
58

prayer and,
147

Sisters of Saint Agnes and,
58

vocation and,
4
,
54
,
68
–
69
,
133
,
206

calling.
See
vocation

Carmelite Sisters of the Eucharist,
193
–
94

Catherine.
See
Myriam, Mother (Catherine)

charism,
5
,
36
.
See also
penance; prayer; sacrifice

chastity,
10
–
11
,
144

Christ,

body of,
34

bride of,
8
,
11
,
55
,
221

crucifixion of,
51
,
119

vicar of,
207

Clare.
See
Marie Deo Gratias, Sister (Clare)

Clare, Saint

on joy and closeness to God,
199

poverty and,
9
,
96
,
106
–
7
,
200

cloistered life

as commitment,
220
–
22

as form of embracing humanity,
2
–
3

manual labor and,
75
,
151
–
52

vocation to,
56
,
61
–
63
,
66
,
68
–
75
,
82
–
83
,
119
,
134
–
37

See also
monastic life

cloistered nuns

names and,
225
–
27

role of,
3
,
5
–
6
,
8
–
9
,
22
–
26
,
62
–
63
,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23

training to become,
3
,
97
–
98
,
183
,
225
–
27

See also
enclosure

Clothing Ceremony,
xv
,
216

Colette of Corbie, Saint,
9
,
30

confession,
31
–
32
,
125
–
26

Consecration of Virgins,
8
–
9
,
25

Corpus Christi Monastery

Blessed Sacrament and,
3

death and,
230

donations and,
4
,
231

enclosure and,
2

habit and,
11

history of,
10

manual labor and,
3
–
4
,
217

maximum age for entering,
188

oral history and photography project at,
2
,
229
–
233

technology and,
11
–
12
,
216
–
17

death and the afterlife,
5
–
6
,
51
,
153
,
159
–
162
,
230

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
,
16

discipline,
35

Divine Office,
17
–
18
,
25
,
203
–
4

Divine Savior Sisters,
113

doubt,
200
–
201
,
225
–
26

Elmendorff, Mother Mary von,
9
–
10

enclosure

as lifelong vow,
123

metal grille and,
7
–
8
,
143
,
149

See also
cloistered life; cloistered nuns

Eucharist.
See
Blessed Sacrament

Eucharistia, Sister.
See
Mary Clara, Sister (Klarka)

evangelism,
67
,
74

Fatima, Portugal,
81
,
179
–
180

Felician Sisters,
133
–
36

final vows,
6
,
14
,
97
,
105
,
213
,
227

Fonck, Friar Benet,
11

Francis of Assisi, Saint

Franciscan orders and,
9

poverty and,
96
,
106
–
7
,
182
,
200

gift exchange,
xvi

God,

love of,
83
,
149
,
159
,
166
,
203
,
206

perspective of,
50
,
100

trust in,
124
,
127
,
159
,
163
,
197
-
198
,
211
,
215
,
225
-
226

will of,
20
-
21
,
98
,
159
,
196
-
197
,
199
-
201
,
208
-
209
,
217
,
219

Gregory IX, Pope,
96

habit

Carmelite Sisters of the Eucharist and,
193
–
94

Felician Sisters and,
133

idealism and,
185
–
86

orders and,
58

Poor Clares and,
11
,
71

vocation and,
82

vows and,
216

host.
See
Blessed Sacrament

humility,
73

Jenny.
See
Mary Michael, Sister (Jenny)

Joan Marie, Sister (Virginia)

as aspirant and postulant,
29
–
30
,
31
–
33

donations and,
123

family and,
30
–
31
,
37
–
44
,
48
–
49
,
155
–
57

life before entering the convent,
30
–
31
,
37
–
44
,
48
,
155
–
57

monastic life and,
4
,
6
–
7
,
37
,
48
–
51
,
102