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  2. Poor Clares' Church, Bydgoszcz - Wikipedia

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    The Church of the Poor Clares dedicated to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (initially dedicated to the Holy Spirit, St. Adalbert, St.Clare and St. Barbara) is an historical church in GdaƄska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland.

  3. Poor Clares - Wikipedia

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    The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Roman Catholic Church. The ...

  4. Chapel of the Sisters of the Poor Clares, Bydgoszcz - Wikipedia

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    the Gothic and renaissance Poor Clares' Church. The sisters of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration came to Bydgoszcz in 1925: it was not the congregation from the 17th to 19th centuries, but its younger branch, whose mission is a constant adoration of Jesus Christ through Blessed Sacrament of Eucharist.

  5. Former religious orders in the Anglican Communion - Wikipedia

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    The Poor Clares of Reparation and Adoration were founded in 1922 and based at St Clare's Convent on Mount Sinai, Long Island, New York. Members of the Order of St Clare live an enclosed life, and the Poor Clares of Reparation and Adoration also maintained a perpetual watch before the Blessed Sacrament. The last remaining sister died in 2003 ...

  6. Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration - Wikipedia

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    The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (PCPA) are a branch of the Poor Clares, a cloistered, contemplative order of nuns in the Franciscan tradition. Founded in France in 1854 by Marie Claire Bouillevaux, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration are cloistered nuns dedicated to the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

  7. Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines - Wikipedia

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    The Convent of Poor Clares at Gravelines in the Spanish Netherlands, now northern France, was a community of English nuns of the Order of St. Clare, commonly called "Poor Clares", which was founded in 1607 by Mary Ward. [1] The order of Poor Clares was founded in 1212 by Saint Clare of Assisi as the Second Order of the Franciscan movement.

  8. Clarissine Church (Bratislava) - Wikipedia

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    The nuns of the Poor Clares order came to Bratislava in 1297 and built a church and a convent with the support of the king. The pentagonal tower was completed in the 15th century. In 1782, the convent was dissolved, and the church became the seat of a legal academy and school. It is currently used as a concert and exhibition hall. [1]

  9. Colette of Corbie - Wikipedia

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    Colette of Corbie, PCC (13 January 1381 – 6 March 1447) was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.