Poor Clare Nuns’ Gift ‘Light for the World’ This Christmas

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Debut album unexpectedly tops global music charts.

Listeners can hear the Poor Clares from Sussex, England, sing on a chart-topping album.
Listeners can hear the Poor Clares from Sussex, England, sing on a chart-topping album. (photo: CHRIS O’DONOVAN)

K.V. TurleyFeaturesDecember 13, 2020

Life at thePoor Clare Conventat Arundel in Sussex, England, is one of prayer, work, silence and solitude.

Unexpectedly, the religious community has now become a chart-topping sensation with the release of its debut CD,Light for the World.

That album has now spent an astonishing six weeks at the No.1 spot in the U.K. “Specialist Classical” chart. In addition, the album is enjoying classical chart success internationally, reaching No. 3 in Belgium and No. 5 in Canada; it also hit No. 9 on the overall iTunes albums chart in Germany and No. 6 on the Amazon U.S. “Bestsellers” chart.

This overwhelming response from the public has come of something as a surprise to the community. One of…

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