POOR CLAIRES; RICH WOMEN OF FAITH - Sr. Mary Vincentia, in front, Sr. Imelda Marie, back left, and Sr. Marie St. Claire, back right, pray in the chapel, at St. Joseph Monastery, in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. The Poor Claire sisters live a cloistered life of contemplation and prayer. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com for the Catholic Times)