Mass of Enclosure

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Sister Karolyn Grace bows her head in prayer during a Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Sister Marie Veronica, left, Mother Celeste Marie, middle, and Sister Mary Clare, right, during the Mass of Enclosure on August 9, 2012.

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Mother Celeste Marie during a special mass with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades for the cloistered sisters.

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Sister Margaret Rose during the vows with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades during the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Poor Sisters of Saint Clare during the Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Mother Celeste Marie during the Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Sister Mary Clare of the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare during a Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades during the Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Mother Celeste Marie of the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare is greeted by a postulant during a Special Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory n Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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Mother Celeste Marie leads members of the order of the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare into the cloister after a Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne Aug. 9, 2012.

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The last of a group of 12 Poor Sisters of Saint Clare enters the cloister after a Mass of Enclosure at Our Lady of Angels Oratory in Fort Wayne. Franciscan bothers lined up in prayer while the sister entered through a door which then was locked by the Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend. Most will be cloistered for three years.

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Postulant Meghan Cesar from Buffalo, NY, with brother-in-law Andrew Amrhein and wife Katie on tour of the backyard of the convent.

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Sister Karolyn Grace Wertner shows visitors the refectory where the women eat their meals at the convent.