History

Sister Clara Maria and Sister Maria de Lourdes are both founders of the Seraphic Sisters of the Eucharist, a private religious association of the faithful, in October 28, 2005.

Sister Maria de Lourdes entered the second order of St. Francis known as the Poor Clares at Our Lady of Angels Monastery, Granada, Nicaragua in 1983. She received her perpetual vows on June 1990. She was transferred to re-found a community in Ponce, Puerto Rico where she lived for seven years as an external contemplative sister before she came to Omaha, NE.

Sister Clara Maria, a native of Puerto Rico, entered the convent with a Benedictine order in 1987 then transferred to St. Clare Monastery, a Franciscan contemplative order known as the Poor Clare, in 1990. As a contemplative external sister she received formation in Puerto Rico, Spain, and Nicaragua. She made my perpetual vows in January 8, 1998.

Sister Clara and Sister Lourdes, while visiting Omaha, NE, saw the need for helping the spiritual life of the Hispanic communities that were emigrating from Mexico, Central, and South America. While discerning their religious life they asked Rome and Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss permission to found the Seraphic Sisters of the Eucharist. Guided by the Holy Spirit and faithfulness to their vows, on October 28, 2005, they received permission from Rome to begin a private religious association of the faithful, the statutes were approved by his Excellency Archbishop Curtiss. The mission was started at St. Peter Catholic Church under Rev. Fr. Damien J. Cook’s spiritual guidance.