The Poor Clares

of Kokomo, Indiana

Maria Regina Mater Monastery

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- The Lord set His heart on us and chose us out of love.
  
  Our Kokomo Poor Clare community was founded on March 6, 1959.
  Our united, joyful and grateful response is to
  love Him totally who gave Himself totally for our love (St. Clare).
  We do this in our cloistered Gospel form of life at the heart
  of the Church and the world. In this way, we
  contribute, with hidden apostolic fruitfulness,
  to the growth of the People of God
  (St. John Paul II, Vita Consecrata # 8).
HAPPY, indeed, are those to whom it is Given:
- TO IMITATE JESUS
  
  poor in the crib
  
  poor on the cross
  
  poor in the Eucharist
- TO FOLLOW FRANCIS AND CLARE
  
  in the Gospel form of life
  
  in true obedience to the Church
  
  in joyful penance and poverty of spirit
- TO BE FORMED BY MARY
  
  in pondering the Word of God
  
  in pleading for the needs of the world
  
  in participating in the Paschal Mystery
- TO BE SISTER IN COMMUNITY
  
  in singing the praises of God
  
  in loving service to one another
  
  in living an enclosed life of prayer