The focus of this special feast day episode is Saint Clare of Assisi’s remarkable, poetic letters to another woman of nobility, Saint Agnes of Prague. Guiding listeners through these four letters is Sister Joanne Schatzlein, OSF, a Franciscan scholar, co-author of a major study on Clare of Assisi, and lifelong student of her spirituality. Sister Joanne is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, whose Motherhouse is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and entered her Congregation in 1965. In this episode, Sister Joanne echoes to us Clare’s invitation to Agnes: to gaze, consider, contemplate, and imitate in our lives what Christ has taught us.
Show Notes for Sister Saints: Clare of Assisi’s Letters to Agnes of Prague
– Order Studying the Life of Saint Clare of Assisi: A Beginner’s Workbook which Sister Joanne coauthored with William Hugo.
– Read Franciscan Media’s Saint of the Day on Clare of Assisi.
– Explore the Franciscan Institute’s resources about Clare of Assisi.
– Listen to St. Clare of Assisi scholar Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, discuss Clare’s leadership qualities on Franciscan Spirit.
– Enjoy these videos produced by Franciscan Media about Clare of Assisi, featuring Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, and Father Greg Friedman, OFM.
– Order The Light of Assisi: The Story of Saint Clare by Margaret Carney, OSF, or The Writings of Clare of Assisi by Father Michael Blastic, OFM.
– Read “Poor Clare, Rich in Spirit” by Sister Rosemary Stets, OSF, and these Franciscan Media articles by Sister Margaret Carney.
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