Clare Knowles
Clare Bernadette Knowles is a Franciscan Missionary Sister of Littlehampton. She entered the community in 1999 after working in copy editing for a printing firm, and after first profession she worked as a secretary at the Franciscan International Study Centre. With a graduate degree in Franciscan theology, she was novice formator, worked in formation ministry, served as a general councillor of the FMSL, and later as mother general of the congregation. Currently she is based in Hastings in Sussex, England, accompanying sisters in preparation for final vows.