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).
In a world where everything is geared toward convenience, speed, instant communication and timesaving devices, one might look twice at the title of this article, but St. Clare didn’t hesitate to call work a grace. In her thirteenth century Rule, she wrote, “Let the sisters to whom the Lord has given the grace of working work faithfully and devotedly…at work which pertains to a virtuous life and the common good.”
During a Poor Clare’s first profession ceremony at Maria Regina Mater Monastery, the bishop asks the sister if she wishes to dedicate herself to living a life of “generous penance.” Her response? “I desire this with my whole heart.”
On January 13, 1381 a child was born in France who was destined to fulfill a great mission. This was Colette Boillet. The circumstances of her birth were extraordinary since her parents had been childless for many years and her mother was 60 years old.