ASSIGNMENT:
• ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA READING!
Didjaredit?
1. Fr. Mullady wrote that the cloister in a diocese is like a …
2. Where was St. Clare from?
3. What kind of family did St. Clare come from?
4. St. Francis sent St. Clare to a __________ Monastery for training
in the religious life.
5. Why weren’t St. Clare and her Sister comfortable living under the
rule of St. Benedict?
6. In 1216, St. Clare and her nuns received the “Privilege of
___________” from the Pope.
7. St. Clare wrote her letters to St. Agnes of Prague. Who was
Agnes’ father?
8. St. Clare and her Sisters were first called “The __________
Sisters.”
9. What are the cloistered followers of St. Clare called today?
10. St. Clare was the first known _________ to write a rule of
religious life.
Extra credit: The cloistered, contemplative life is a powerful sign and
support to the rest of the Church of the embracing of the “sacrament of the
present ____________.”
St. Agnes of Prague or
St. Agnes of Bohemia
BASILICA OF ST. CLARE IN ASSISI
Incorruptibility is a belief
that supernatural intervention allows
some human bodies to avoid the
normal process of decomposition after
death. Bodies that reportedly undergo
little or no decomposition, or delayed
decomposition, are sometimes referred
to as incorrupt.
Incorruptibility is seen as distinct from
the good preservation of a body,
or mummification. Incorruptible bodies
are often said to have the odour of
sanctity, exuding a sweet or floral,
pleasant aroma.
The Cloister
• The cloistered (often called the contemplative)
life is a formal way of life recognized by the
Church to invite men and women to find within
the hidden life of the monastery a place where
they can experience the loving exchange of
hearts with Christ Jesus. In this enclosure, they
find their true selves and experience a foretaste
of Heaven.
• Pope B16 describes such religious as “the
heart” which pumps life to the rest of the Body of
Christ.