Ecuador
Karolina Vera: Sr. Clare had to walk for three and a half hours through the jungle, carrying her ...
Sr. Sandra Galarza: From the moment I met her I noticed that she was full of gifts that she did ...
Roxana Chimbo: Sr. Clare said to me, "Hopefully someday you will have the courage to choose God ...
Jackelin Zambrano: What drew my attention was her willingness to do whatever the Lord asked of ...
Carolina Aveiga. Ecuador: It really hurt Sr. Clare when someone did not do God’s will, because ...
Karolina Vera: Sr. Clare was living like a real Christian, dying to what she liked and felt like ...
Carolina Aveiga: I often feel sorry for myself and that I have to learn from Sr. ...
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Carolina Aveiga: The root of the problem was a girl in Sr. Clare's class. Sr. Clare knew her ...
Karolina Vera: She showed it by every word, gesture, look, correction, note, tear, message and ...
Cristofer Bravo: I always have her with me: in a photo or on my cell phone. Her smile always ...
Carolina Aveiga: Her joy enveloped me. It was a joy that I didn’t have. I went home with her joy ...
Sr. Rosa Lopez, SHM, Guayaquil, Ecuador: She said to me, “Go child by child. Have patience with ...
Sr. Rosa López, SHM (Ecuador): But in that very moment she received the grace to realize what she ...
Fernando Guerrero, Ecuador: Now, I realize and I’m surprised to see how God can act in such an ...
Sr. Lissette Falcones, SHM: Then she looked at me, and I saw that she was ...
Sr. Rosa Lopez, SHM: Sr. Clare listened to her, smiled and said, “Give thanks to God. Everything ...
Sr. Rosa López, SHM, Ecuador: I was telling Sr. Clare that, even though the song of the Good ...
Clare Hernández (EEUU): That wall was shattered to pieces by the time I left that beautiful ...
Susy Kátherine Pincay Vera: It seems that it’s only been a few days since we’ve seen her, heard ...
Sr. Sandra Galarza, SHM, Ecuador: When she went to the Holy Land this distant possibility became ...
Raquel Arellano de Holguin: Sr. Clare appeared in a very difficult moment in my life and was ...
Fernando Guerrero, Guayaquil, Ecuador: A religious singer, like Christ, has to die to him or ...
Tamara Ximena Tacuri Morales, Ecuador: I loved talking to her because when I was with her, I saw ...
María Vergara, Ecuador: Each one of the girls gave of themselves totally because they had so ...
Ruth Briones, Ecuador: She always told us, “We have to give everything for God, not ...
Spain
Iría and Carlos: We were marked by the sincerity of her conversion and by her clarity when she ...
Sr. Kelai Reno: Sr. Clare prayed in his ear so that he could hear. She said things to help him ...
Sr. Kelai Reno: Sr. Clare didn't want the patients to miss Mass, so we went to their rooms and ...
Sr. Kelai Reno: Sr. Clare and I were walking down the hallway trying to get our bearings when ...
Sr. Beatriz Liaño, SHM: I can still see the scene: Sr. Clare laying on the back seat with her ...
Sr. Stacey Donovan, SHM: I spent a lot of time with her, and I believe I can say that I never saw ...
Sr. Megan Murray SHM, USA: She set the bar high and maintained it that way the entire ...
Sr. Isabel Cuesta, SHM, Spain: Her classic response was: "Sure! Of ...
Sr. Sasha Smith, SHM: Sister Clare was my spiritual director from when I was seventeen years old ...
Sr. Michelle Klobe (USA): The morning after the earthquake, I spoke to her interiorly, asking ...
Laura Stinnet, USA: Her joy was contagious and her ability to make someone smile was a gift the ...
Sr. Annemarie Naiman, USA: Even though she felt awful, she was able to forget about herself to ...
Sr. Ana Maria Lapeña, Spain: Everyone remembers Sr. Clare’s cheerfulness, her gifts as a “people ...
Sarah Soboleski, USA:
I owe a lot to Sr. Clare, the salvation of my soul! I am very grateful to ...
Esmeralda Labrador Mancebo, Spain:
"Now I see that it was the Lord that put Sister Clare in my ...
Sr. Rachel Newton, United States:
Sr. Clare knew how to correct the girls and was never afraid to ...
Sr. Helen Ohmes, United States:
She said to me, “Sister, don’t worry. Nothing’s going to happen. ...
Hna. Jessica Zeledón, Nicaragua:
" I remember how impressed I was to see Sr. Clare so absorbed ...
Fr. José Luis Saavedra, SHM:
"We should give the Lord our best effort and that’s something Father ...
Julia McCambridge:
Her conviction to love in every way, at each moment, was and still is ...
USA
Sr. Kelai Reno: Listening to her conversion story helped me trust in God’s power more. My soul ...
Sr. Kelai Reno: Sr. Clare was always ready to laugh, smile, start a new conversation or tell a ...
Sr. Stacey Donovan, SHM: It really helped me to see her so transparent and happy, because she was ...
Maria Hernandez, US: She was always an inspiration for me, and I am constantly asking for her ...
Sr. Bailey Sympson, SHM, USA: I remember one night when she called us together and spoke very ...
Stacy Larmoyeux, Jacksonville, FL: My most favorite traits of Sister Clare were her smile and ...
Sr. Susan Joost, SHM, Jacksonville, USA: What she said was, “If you take care of God’s things, ...
Sr. Susan Joost, SHM, Jacksonville, USA: She didn't want us to wander astray or to sink into our ...
Sr. Susan Joost, SHM, Jacksonville, USA: Her words were fire and lacked human respect. What she ...
Maureen Kall, Jacksonville, Florida: I was teaching Kindergarten and Sr. Clare would come in ...
Maureen Lawrence, USA: This sweet, innocent boy thought the kind sister, dressed all in white, ...
Sr. Isabel Cuesta, SHM, Spain: They always saw everything that she said to them as the most ...
Wendy Nelms, USA: In the midst of that sorrow that I felt she was always there telling me that, ...
Kelly Nance, USA: I remember when you came to Assumption. How wonderful it was to see you ...
Sr. Annermarie Naiman, SHM: When she would sing, even if you didn’t look at her, you knew that ...
Giulia Sciutto, USA: Looking back, I can see how her beautiful soul was trying to reach out to ...
Sr. Mary Donovan, USA:I remember one meeting in particular that she led with the girls called ...
Sr. Caroline Guarno, SHM: Once Sr. Clare came to my parish to give us some ideas to meditate on ...
Teresa Christmas: It was an incredible experience just watching her because she was so holy, ...
Marilyn Matos, USA: Your job is to be holy. That’s your first ...
Sarah Benett, USA:
She was full of joy and wanted to help people ...
Lauren Vaccaro, United States:
I admired her life, her joy, and the way she could just make ...
Sr. Mary Rose Gallaher, USA:
She told me: "That’s what we all need: to see ourselves as not ...
Sr. Paulette Maes, United States:
Sister Clare started talking to her and little by little, she ...
Sr. Annemaria Naiman, USA:
Her concern for us to live that little sacrifice with joy was stronger ...
Novice
Sr. Mary Donovan, USA: It was after I met her, that I discovered that being holy and being cool ...
Sr. Kristen Gardner: Sr. Clare was convinced that Cardinal Ratzinger was going to be ...
Sr. Anna, United States:
I remember how she did everything she had to do “100%” so to speak. She ...
Candidate
Sr. Sara Lozano: I thank the Lord for having her as a sister and for the time I did spend with ...
Gema Belmonte: She talked to us a lot about Our Lady and how much Our Lady loved ...
Sr. Kristen Gardner, USA: Sometimes at night after dinner (when it was just us girls) she would ...
Sr. Ruth Maria O'Callagan: I never remember Sr. Clare with a sad face, or complaining about ...
Dolores Hambleton, USA:
Her recaptured innocence drew a crowd of innocent's every place she ...
Silvia:
Seeing what the Lord has done with her amazes me and fills me with ...
Conversion
Sr. Isabel Cuesta, SHM (Spain): I found her outside of the Church talking with a friend. She ...
Sr. Kristen Gardner, United States:
Sister Kristen Gardner lived very closely with Sister Clare. ...
Sr. Beatriz Liaño, Spain:
The fidelity with which she responded to the graces that the Lord ...
Sr. Teresa María Peréz, Spain
Souls were the truly important thing for her. No effort to help them ...
Sr. Karen McMahon, S.H.M.
Who would have thought – while I was there in my mission to look after ...
Una Gallagher:
For her family and for all those who were close to her, it must be very consoling ...
Fr. Colum Power, S.H.M.
Fr. Colum Power, S.H.M., Ireland,redacted an outline of Sr. Clare ...