The above painting is the work of Sr. Mary Bonaventure, O.S.C.

Clarian Resources offers a look at the saints, martyrs, as well as some of the many Poor Clare writers and notable followers of Christ, in the Order of Saint Clare.  An introduction to the study, and a glossary of the abbreviations for sources used, will usher the reader into details of hundreds of  women who strove to reflect, in their Franciscan contemplative form of life, Christ’s own love of the Church and the world.