Given this, we have an obvious patron saint–St. Clare of Assisi. Who was she? How does her life speak to us today in Silicon Valley, in our daily experience of long commutes, uncertain employment, ...

WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis. Indeed, she referred to herself as his “little plant”. While she certainly flourished from the ...

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) may be unique among the saints of the Catholic ... just as if they were endowed with reason.” Thomas of Celano, Life of St. Francis 1:29 Statue of St. Clare on facade of ...