Mar 25, 2012 / 12:05 pm
The Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who live in temporary facilities on monastery property in Tonopah, Ariz., have added another “habit” to their spiritual regimen: the Nun Run.
The sisters hosted their third annual Nun Run March 10 at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Ariz. It brought 1,135 runners and walkers — ages 4 to 78 — to the park in support of the sisters plus another 268 “shadow” runners worldwide.
Funds from registration fees, online donations and on-site merchandise sales supported the sisters’ quest to build a 28-cell permanent monastery and place of retreat west of the Valley. Once built, the contemplative sisters can finally enjoy full enclosure. That’s been lacking since they moved to Arizona in 2005.
This marked the first Nun Run directly benefiting the monastery. Past runs supported the 9,000-square-foot chapel, which formally opened last May.