Editing Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (section)

== Capuchin Poor Clares ==
The [[Capuchin Poor Clares]] are [[Enclosed religious orders|cloistered]] [[nun]]s of the [[Order of St. Clare]], who form the female branch of the Capuchin Order. They were founded in 1538 in [[Naples]] by the Blessed [[Maria Laurentia Longo]], who was [[Abbess]] of the Poor Clare monastery of that city. She and the other nuns of that community embraced the then-new Capuchin reform movement, and so austere was the life that they were called "Sisters of Suffering". The Order soon spread to [[France]], [[Spain]] and beyond. They live according to the same rules and regulations as the Capuchin friars, and are held as members of the friars' provinces.

In the United States, as of 2012, there are five monasteries of this Order. There are about 50 nuns in these communities, which are located in: [[Denver]] and [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]] in [[Colorado]], [[Alamo, Texas|Alamo]] and [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]] (the first, founded 1981) in [[Texas]], and [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. The monasteries were almost all founded from [[Mexico]], where there are some 1,350 Capuchin nuns in 73 monasteries. The monastery in Pueblo is a foundation of the monastery in Amarillo. Together they form the '''Federation of Our Lady of the Angels'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capuchinpoorclares.org/|title=The Capuchin Poor Clares|access-date=2016-06-17}}</ref>