The Monastery of St. Clare isn’t completely demolished, at least not yet. Read the latest on its fate here
Poor Clares: An Inside View
September 22, 2011 | by Peter Woodall
The Monastery of St. Clare isn’t completely demolished, at least not yet. Read the latest on its fate here
About the Author
Peter Woodall Peter Woodall is the Project Director of Hidden City Philadelphia. He is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, and a former newspaper reporter with the Biloxi Sun Herald and the Sacramento Bee. He worked as a producer for Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane and wrote a column about neighborhood bars for PhiladelphiaWeekly.com.
Glad you got some shots before the wrecking ball came. I always wanted a look in there but never made it.
This saddens me to find this old complex of buildings demolished. I remember as a very young boy visiting my aunt here who was a nun. Because they were a cloistered sect, the visitation room where we were allowed to visit with her on a Sunday afternoon only permitted her to be behind a wire screen. It always felt like a prison to me as a young boy.
On a happier note, they had a really big building when they moved to Langhorne, PA. My aunt eventually started a new monastery for the Poor Clares out in Cincinnati, OH where she lives today.