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Poor Clare exodus will leave us bereft
SIR – It is impossible, of course, to quantify the value given to a community when it has a contemplative religious order at the heart of its daily life. The citizens of Lynton and Lynmouth have lived as one with an order of Poor Clare Sisters in its main street for more than 100 years. The daily ringing of the Angelus bell at its three set times has made the whole area aware of these calls to prayer, and the scurrying of the extern Sister going about her business in the town has given us regular fleeting encounters with life “on the inside”. However, the true value to the area is unfathomable by mere mortals. It has been a God-given gift to this place.
