Mother Marie André: From CIA Hopeful to Cloistered Poor Clare Abbess

Mother Marie André: From CIA Hopeful to Cloistered Poor Clare Abbess

The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, accompanied by their local priest. ‘I felt like the Lord had maybe planted the seed long before, and then it bloomed as I got older,’ she said.

Mother Marie André: From CIA hopeful to cloistered Poor Clare abbess

The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, accompanied by their local priest. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mother Marie Andre Campbell CNA Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 11 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, a woman born into a noble family who was moved by St. Francis’ preaching and decided to embrace a life of poverty, founding a cloistered con…