St. Clare of Assisi and the Poor Clares

by Vision Video

• ISBN13: 9781563645501
• ISBN10: 1563645505
• Format: VHS
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Vision Video

Summary

This documentary features two programs. First, "St. Clare of Assisi" reveals the extraordinary life of St. Clare, a woman who reached the highest summits of Christian mysticism, who knew how to defend her decisions and who built a social reality that still challenges the centuries. We see how Clare provided a feminine complement to the groundbreaking work and movement of Francis of Assisi.

Along with medieval harmonies composed by Oscar-winning musicians, the exquisite photography explores all of the sacred places in and around Assisi that characterize the life of Clare. The testimony of a Poor Clare in the 40-minute documentary, moreover, exemplifies the figure of Clare in today's world.

Included as a bonus is "Poor Clares: A Hidden Presence." More than twenty thousand woman today follow the example of Clare of Assisi in monasteries scattered throughout the world -- the cloistered convent, a city in prayer and a hidden presence with a love without reserve for all of humanity.

The Poor Clares present in this 30-documentary speak of their realization as wo