MISSION ST. CLARE

The Mission of St. Clare is an ecumenical website offering Morning and Evening Prayer using the order set out in The Book of Common Prayer. The Mission was named for St. Clare because (at the time) no one had designated a patron of the Internet and I thought she represented the idea of prayer available anytime and anywhere the best. (Especially because she was already patron of television.) No official body was involved in elevating St. Clare to patron of the Internet because, really, who would you ask?... The Mission of St. Clare originated after one too many clerics gave one too many sermons opining about how people didn't make time to come to church anymore. Since I was, myself, working 60-hour weeks in Silicon Valley, I knew very well why people weren't in church on Sunday. In my mind, the question was not can you get the people to church, but can you get church to the people?... At first, I posted Morning Prayer every morning (got up, slapped the code together, and uploaded it..