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CAPUCHIN
FRIARS...
 The Capuchin Franciscans
are a Roman Catholic religious Order of friars (brothers) who are
consecrated to God in a special manner according to the evangelical
counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience. Some of the brothers are
priests and some are lay men. Both serve God according to the
particular manner in which each was called. The Capuchins, whose
origins date from 1525, began as a reform Order of the Observants ...
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CAPUCHIN POOR
CLARES...
 The Capuchin Poor Clares
began in Naples, Italy, in 1538, when the Ven. Maria Laurentia Longo
and other women professed the rule of St. Clare and embraced the
then-new Capuchin reform movement started among our male counterparts,
the Friars Minor, so as to return to the original ideals of the Saints
from Assisi. Since then the Church has singled out several
of Sisters for their sanctity. These are intermingled
with ...
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