We have recently produced this video about our way of life.

We will have our next Vocation Afternoon on Saturday February 22nd here at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork, from 2 to 4 pm.

If you are interested in finding out more about our Poor Clare contemplative life, you are most welcome to come along.

We are part of the Franciscan spiritual family, with the wonderful privilege of daily Eucharistic Adoration.

It will be an informal afternoon.

Statement from the Poor Clare Sisters, College Road, Cork

on the occasion of the launch of the NBSCCCI Review

In September 2015, we, the Poor Clare Sisters, Cork, invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) to review our Community’s child safeguarding policy and practice. Today we publish the NBSCCCI’s Report and we welcome and accept its recommendations. We thank the staff in the National Office for their very important work.

As a contemplative community we pray fervently on a daily basis for the wellbeing and protection of children and particularly for healing for those who have suffered abuse. We are deeply saddened that so many children suffered very serious harm as a result of abuse. We are committed to safeguarding children and to working with the NBSCCCI to further improve our practice.

If you would like to receive help for abuse suffered in the Catholic Church, please contact:

Towards Healing: Counselling Support Service.
Free Phone Ireland: 1800 303416; Free Phone U.K.: 0800 0963315;
www.towardshealing.ie

Towards Peace: Spiritual Support Service.
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 5053028; Mobile: 086 771 0533;
www.towardspeace.ie

Review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the religious order of
The Order of St. Clare
(The Order of Poor Clare Sisters)
undertaken by
The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the
Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI)

January 2016

Review of Child Safeguarding Practice – The Order of Poor Clare Sisters (6 Communities)

CONTENTS

• Background
• Introduction
• Role Profile
• Profile of Members
• Policy and Procedures Document
• Structures
• Management of Allegations
• Conclusion
• Terms of Reference

Read more: Report on Child Safeguarding, May 4th 2016

Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles BrownHomily notes of Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Charles J Brown for Mass celebrating the Eucharistic Procession in Cork

O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine.

It is indeed a great pleasure for me to be here in Cork this afternoon to take part in this historic Corpus Christi procession. In a special way, I want to thank Bishop John Buckley for having invited me to be with you today. And what a joy it is to carry the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of this beautiful city. Throughout the Catholic world today on this Solemnity of Corpus Christi, there are processions of the Blessed Sacrament. These processions, some of which date back hundreds of years, are an expression of our Catholic faith in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist.

Read more: Archbishop Charles Brown preaches at the Eucharistic Procession