Colettine Poor Clares Of Los Altos Hills, Ca

[Saint Therese]

I found this website: [url="http://poorclares.wordpress.com/"]Colettine Poor Clares of Los Altos Hills, Ca[/url]

[InHisLove726]

[quote name='Saint Therese' post='1731799' date='Dec 18 2008, 11:31 PM']I found this website: [url="http://poorclares.wordpress.com/"]Colettine Poor Clares of Los Altos Hills, Ca[/url][/quote]

Thank you, so much for sharing this, Kayla! Their order is beautiful, as are all Poor Clares! I LOVE the pictures!

[InHisLove726]

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Edited December 19, 2008 by InHisLove726

[she_who_is_not]

I love their vocations page!

[Thomist-in-Training]

[size=3]Do You Have the Symptoms of a Poor Clare Vocation?[/size]

[list]
[*]A highly contagious, joyous enthusiasm for the simple Gospel Franciscan way of life
[*]A complete loss of appetite for seeking after worldly wealth, power, pleasure, prestige, glamor, fame
[*]Insatiable thirst for God and for souls
[*]Aches and pains in the region of the heart when considering the homeless, the starving, the destitute
[*]Sleeplessness at the recurring thought that so many souls do not realize how much God loves them
[*]That cramped, heavy-footed feeling that comes from trying to go to too many places with hot, stuffy shoes on
[*]A quiet ringing in the ear (or in the heart) of a voice that seems to ask: Is this all there is?
[/list]

If the test results of any of the above are positive, it could well be that your condition is serious and should be investigated without delay at the nearest Poor Clare Monastery. As it happens, you are not far from just such a life-saving facility. Located on a healthful hilltop in sunny Los Altos Hills, the Poor Clare Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary offers young women afflicted with the above syndrome complete freedom from all bothersome pecuniary concerns such as property ownership, bank accounts, etc.; the diet which expand to include one full meal a day; the truly refreshing aspect of cool, bare feet; a rare opportunity to get up in the middle of the night to pray, as a remedy for that restless insomnia; and finally, the definitive cure of a vow of enclosure.
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That's wonderful! Especially the part about shoes.

[Saint Therese]

I think going barefoot is great. I went barefoot all the time as a kid. I wish Dominicans did that...

[Maria_Faustina]

Ahh! I looove the Colettine Poor Clares... *sigh*. They...their life...their founders...are so gorgeous.

And I hadn't seen this monastery's website yet, so thank you.

[Saint Therese]

They are awesome. They rise every night at 12:30. I think I would last for about one day.

[Laudem Gloriae]

Here is a beautiful PDF on a young girls journey from postulant to Solemn Vows in the Los Altos PCCs: [url="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/photostorypc.pdf"]http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/photostorypc.pdf[/url]

[TeresaBenedicta]

My friend went to join them a few years ago! She came back home for about a year and will be re-entering soon! Thanks for the site!

[Maria_Faustina]

[quote name='Laudem Gloriae' post='1737134' date='Dec 28 2008, 07:55 PM']Here is a beautiful PDF on a young girls journey from postulant to Solemn Vows in the Los Altos PCCs: [url="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/photostorypc.pdf"]http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/photostorypc.pdf[/url][/quote]

Ooh, awesome, thank you for posting!