Poor Clare Sisters

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Sister Maria Czech was 50 years old as she knocked the Clarisse convent's...
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Contemplative convent is separated from the world not only because...
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A chapel in convent. Sisters say breviary, sing akathist, the chaplet...
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The nuns mainly pray: for health, life's change, salvation of the...
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The monastic cell is 8 square meters big. The window is with a view...
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Figure of Saint Francis, a poor monk from Assisi. His friend, Saint...
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Enclosure - the real border between outside and monastic life. Only...
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Sister Faustyna Vasco, comes from Hungary. She joined the convent...
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The newly built monastic cell is about 8 square meters big. The convent...
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Sister Aleksandra Prelowska joined the convent as a 18-years-old girl,...
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Props supporting the ceiling in the refectory under construction (a...
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The convent is being built on the highest hill in Sandomierz. It is...
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