Welcome to the website of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration of Sancta Clara Monastery in Canton, OH.
Our mailing address is 4200 N Market Ave., Canton, OH, 44714.
Our front office phone number is 330-492-1171 with a person usually at the desk Monday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM. You are welcome to leave a voicemail message as well.
Our Mission
We are contemplative women sharing in the charism of Saints Francis and Clare and our foundress, Marie de St. Claire Bouillevaux. We form a sisterhood centered in Eucharist and are committed to radical Gospel living according to Sts. Francis and Clare. Together we embrace a poor, humble lifestyle in total dependence upon God.
General Information
MASS TIMES—The monastery offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass every day, seven days a week INCLUDING SUNDAYS (with NO Saturday evening Mass to count for Sunday’s obligation) at 9 AM. This includes Sunday Mass and there is no Saturday vigil Mass.
PUBLIC ADORATION TIMES—Our monastery is open to the public for private adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament from 7:15 AM to 5:30 PM every day, seven days a week. Everyone is welcome to join us in our adoration of our Lord Jesus Christ Who is always waiting for someone to come and love Him hidden in the Blessed Sacrament in whatever time you have to offer Him. It is time never wasted and always well spent. You can be assured that you will always be richly rewarded.
GIFT SHOP—Stop into our office to see what items we have available with some of them being hand crafted by the Sisters. We currently do not sell our gift shop items online but only in person. You can browse our items Monday - Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Ways To Help Us Out
We have several Amazon Wish Lists with one for formation items and one for general/household items. Here are links to both of them. Formation List and our Household List. We would like to thank you and bless you with all our hearts for all the support that has been shown us through the purchases made from our Amazon wish lists as this has helped us out immensely and continues to help us out. We are truly blessed by all of you to receive these so we can continue our mission of adoring Him throughout the days of this trying time in our history. Unfortunately these are not tax-deductible. These lists are updated as soon as something is brought up that is needed or something has been bought for us so what is there is our most current needs. UPDATED—the Sister in charge of the Amazon list (and this website and anything technologically related) really loves it when funny comments are sent back to her. It really brightens her day. :-)
Visit our Wish List page for items that we are in need of for both general/household use and for our formation. These are items that we can’t find on Amazon to put on our Amazon lists. It is updated as soon as something has been bought for us so what is there is our most current needs.
Donate online through our website/PayPal. You can do so by clicking the Join & Donate tab at the top of this website. All donations are tax-deductible.
Sign up to be in our Sanctuary Guild to help us defray the cost of keeping up the sanctuary of our chapel through helping us to buy the needed flowers, candles, and other necessities throughout the year. One year’s membership is $20 and you can see the details on our website page by clicking here.
Participate in helping us to create our Rosary Walk by purchasing a brick. See the details below in our Upcoming Events section.
See our EVENTS page for all of the coming year’s Pepperoni Roll Sales, Agnus Dei/Easter Bread Sale, Zucchini Bread and Rhubarb Pie Sale, Bread and Soup Sales, Annual Gala, and our 5th Annual Nun Run. Some of those details have not been finalized for 2024 but when they are we will post them.
Newsletter
We have uploaded digital copies of our recent ones under the Newsletter tab. If you would like to sign up to receive them, please fill out the form on the Newsletter Tab and/or sign up to be on our mailing list.
Upcoming Events
PLEASE SEE OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR ALL OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS NOT LISTED HERE—just in case the Sister in charge hasn’t had a chance to update this section which is a very real possibility.
Rosary Walk —Please help us create our Rosary Walk one brick at a time. Click on this link to go to the brick ordering website to order your brick today! If you click here you can download a form to print off, fill out, and either bring to us or mail it in with your payment. Thank you for those who have already bought the over 350 bricks we have currently. We still have a ways to go!! NOTICE: Please be aware that we have only just started to place the bricks outside in our walk. We have had to wait until we got enough bricks and now we are combatting the weather to cooperate with our volunteer who is making the walk on his own time. We appreciate your patience as we know this has taken longer than anyone anticipated.
Who We Are
We are contemplative women sharing in the charism of Sts. Francis and Clare and our foundress, Mother Marie de St. Claire Bouillevaux. We form a sisterhood centered in Eucharist and are committed to radical Gospel living according to the spirit of Sts. Francis and Clare. Together we embrace a poor, humble lifestyle in total dependence upon God.
WAYS TO GIVE
Our life of prayer is possible because of our generous benefactors. We thank you, and we keep all your needs and intentions in our prayers.
*Donations to the Monastery are Tax-Deductible.
WHERE WE ARE AT
We are located in the town of Canton, OH in the USA. Please use the above maps to come and find us (and Jesus). We are waiting for you!