THE CAPUCHIN POOR CLARES
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The first Capuchin Poor Clare’s foundation was made in Amarillo, Texas. It was approved and canonically erected on July 15, 1981. The monastery was inaugurated a month later, on August 15.  The community consisted of nine Sisters from the monastery in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico). 

The second foundation was the monastery in Wilmington, Delaware. The monastery was inaugurated on December 12, 1986. It was canonically erected on June 26, 1987. The community was made up of ten Sisters from the monastery in Uruapan, Michoacán (Mexico). 

On November 17,1988  ten Sisters from the monastery in Irapuato, Guanajuato, (Mexico), founded a third monastery in Denver, Colorado.

On February 4, 2001, six Sisters from the community in Amarillo, Texas, founded a fourth monastery in Pueblo, Colorado. 

The fifth and most recent foundation in the USA was made in Brownsville, Texas, on May 27, 2003. Seven Sisters from the monastery in Zamora, Michoacán (Mexico), were sent to found this monastery.

 
The above information was taken from the book:
The Capuchin Sisters, Past and Present
By Fr. Lázaro Iriarte, OFM Cap.