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  2. Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio - Wikipedia

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    Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio, OSC (Italian: Maria Magdalena Bentivoglio, 29 July 1834 – 18 August 1905) was an Italian Poor Clare. She was sent to the United States to found the first convent of the order in the country. She eventually established three of them before her death. [1]

  3. Poor Clares - Wikipedia

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    Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi. 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 ...

  4. John A. Creighton - Wikipedia

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    Creighton is also credited with establishing Omaha's St. Joseph's Hospital and bringing the first monastery of the Poor Clares in the country to the city. [8] He paid for almost the entire cost of St. John's Parish at Creighton, where the cornerstone was laid in 1888.

  5. James O'Connor (bishop) - Wikipedia

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    In August, 1887, the Dioceses of Cheyenne and Lincoln were erected. During his administration, many of Omaha's older parishes were founded. Bishop O'Connor also introduced into his jurisdiction the Franciscan Fathers, the Poor Clares, the Religious of the Sacred Heart, the Benedictines, and the Sisters of Providence.

  6. List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States

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    13.2 Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares) 13.3 Third Order of Saint Francis. 14 Grey Nuns. 15 Holy Cross ... College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Nebraska) Official site;

  7. 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.

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  9. Vow of Enclosure - Wikipedia

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    The vow of enclosure is a religious vow made by some branches of the Poor Clares in addition to the three vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. [1]The sisters known as "extern sisters" (or "externs") do not make this additional vow in order to be able to handle some of the community's needs outside the papal enclosure.