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  Monastery of St. Clare
  70 Nelson Avenue
  Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-1121
  TEL: 845-297-1685
  FAX: 845-297-7657
  Email--- claresny@gmail.com

Welcome

Why do we live this way?
The contemplative life is a unique expression of the Christian life.
Like all Christians, we try to live out the gospel of Jesus Christ.
However, a contemplative chooses to set aside family, career, travel,
desire for security, and much more for a solitary life within a community.
Logic cannot explain the desire to spend one's day in prayer and constant
search for God's presence. This can only be a "call" or "vocation" from God.

How do we support ourselves?
"We depend on alms as our major support, but the Sisters also make
vestments and create greeting cards for all occasions, as well as Mass cards,
individual prayer cards for health and healing, birthdays, anniversaries, jubilees, etc."

News

"We were doubly blessed this year. Four of our Sisters were given
the gift of traveling on Pilgrimage: two to Assisi and nearby areas
where St. Francis traveled, and two to the Holy Land! This was very
unusual and very appreciated. Sister Mary Dolores and Sister Regina
traveled to Italy, and Sister Mary Gabriel and Sister Lucy to Palestine!"