Sister Jean, 57, of Maine, used to work for a newspaper. She also went to college and earned a degree in accounting. That was before she felt a religious calling that brought her to Middletown's Monastery of St. Clare which sits secluded behind St. Mary Medical Center.
“Through my journey in life I felt the pull of faith and wanted to commit myself more to prayer and to administer to the poor,” she said.
She describes her calling as a kind of mystery. "It is peace, joy and rightness," she explained.
The order of Poor Clares was founded on Palm Sunday 800 years ago in Assisi, Italy. Since then, it has established monasteries throughout the world. There are about 50 in the U.S. representing different branches of the order, all devoted to a simple life.
“Simple and pure like Christ and Mary did; totally dependent on the Father,” said Sister Jean.
She is one of 11 nuns who live in the monastery.
The journey to becoming a Poor Clare can take between six to nine years, she said.
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