For more than 100 years, the Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, lived quietly in a cloistered community in the 700 block of Henry Clay Avenue near Audubon Park.
Now, as the remaining nuns prepare to sell their historic monastery and the nearly two-acre property on which it sits, they are also selling off thousands of items that were part of their daily life for generations, offering a rare glimpse into their humble, secluded lifestyle…