"My God and my All"
St. Clare of AssisiYou are very welcome to our website. We, the Poor Clare Sisters of College Road, Cork, are part of the Franciscan family, followers of St. Francis of Assisi, and we are so pleased that our Holy Father Pope Francis has taken the name of Francis!
St. Francis inspired and guided St. Clare who founded our Order of Sisters in Italy in 1212. Our monastery here in Cork was founded in 1914.
As enclosed Sisters, dedicated to the contemplative life, we assure you of our prayers. May God bless and protect you this day.
We hope you enjoy our website, where you can read about St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Colette, about how Poor Clare life started in Cork, how we spend our day and more!
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
The Poor Clare Sisters
The Lord has loved you with an everlasting love. (Jer. 31:3)
If you wish to speak to a Sister and ask for prayers, a Sister is available: Tuesday to Saturday inclusive: 10.30 - 11.30 am and 2.30 - 3.30 pm.
The Sisters are not available during Lent and November and December, also during the week preceding Pentecost.
On particular days the Sisters may not be available due to retreats etc.
Feel free to leave a message at the Lodge and the Sisters will pray for your requests.
God bless you.
Are you considering the Poor Clare vocation or would you like to know more about the enclosed contemplative life of a religious sister?
St. Clare of AssisiBeloved St. Clare, by your trust in God's providence, obtain help for all the poor and needy;
by your love for the Infant Jesus, obtain the protection of our families;
by your love for Jesus Crucified, obtain for us courage in every trial;
by your love for Jesus in the Eucharist, obtain our request: (Mention request...)
by your attentiveness to the Holy Spirit, obtain for us the grace of prayer and devotion;
by your likeness to Mary our Mother, obtain peace in our hearts, our homes and our world, Amen.
O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and hope.
We rely on you, Health of the Sick.
You, who at the foot of the Cross, united with Jesus' pain, keeping steadfast your faith.
You, our Mother, know what we need, and we are sure that you will provide for us, as at Cana of Galilee.
May joy and celebration return after this trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do what we are told by Jesus,
Who has taken our suffering on Himself and has burdened Himself with our sorrows,
to lead us through the cross to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions in our necessities
but deliver us from all evil, O ever glorious and blessed Virgin.
Listen to the Radio Programme
The story, in three parts describes our history, life, vocation and work over the last one hundred years in College Road.