{"id":60173,"date":"2026-04-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=60173"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:20:10","slug":"clare-crockett-every-day-a-blank-check-for-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/foco\/clare-crockett-cada-dia-un-cheque-en-blanco-para-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare Crockett: every day, a blank check to God"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Irishwoman who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actress and who gave herself to Jesus Christ joking that she would become \u201ca famous nun,\u201d Sister Clare Crockett, is succeeding. It is now, on April 16, ten years since her death in an earthquake in Ecuador, and HM Television (Home of the Mother), has recently launched a series entitled \u201c10 years, 10 moments. Sr. Clare, unpublished memories<\/a>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The videos include interviews with children and young people with whom he dealt, his friends and community sisters who, ten years later, tell of the influence he has had on their lives, explains Sister Beatriz Lia\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the documentary about her life, \u2018O todo o nada\u2019, has already been translated into fifteen languages, thanks to volunteers who have been \u2018touched\u2019 by her testimony and wanted to share it. The book \u2018Alone with Solo\u2019 has also been translated into many languages. It will soon be presented in Croatian and a Hungarian translation is being prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testimonies of evangelization<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The testimonies of the series<\/a>, which will also be published in English, focus on Sister Clare's understanding of the evangelization<\/a>, for example with music. They reveal details of his love for children and young people, and how he led them to Jesus Christ and describe the conversion of his heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They tell anecdotes about her love for praying the Rosary and how she tried to instill this devotion in others; and they reveal what Sr. Clare was like in the community with images of her life, some of them still unpublished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1ngel, Ecuadorian student: \u201cMusic to praise God\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the first video, entitled \u2018I will sing forever\u2019, Angel, a student of Sr. Clare's at the Holy Family Educational Unit in Playaprieta (Ecuador) shares his memories about the criteria Sr. Clare is seen in many situations, in the liturgy, \u201cbut also on trips, pilgrimages, evenings at camps... and even running in the subway!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How he prepared Jacob for his First Communion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jacob met Sr. Clare when she was only twenty-three years old and prepared him for his First Communion. He remembers the afternoon he met her and how they would play by the parish. But when they entered the adoration chapel, or went to Mass with her, her manner made them understand. \u201cYou have to put things in their place and give God the respect and love they deserve.\u201d Shortly before she died, Sr. Clare sent Jacob a message...Jacob reflects on the video<\/a> about what he experienced with her and the impact it has had on his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sr. Clare Crockett: put her life in God's hands (@HM Television).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among its biographical sketches<\/a>, In addition, numerous facts can be selected, which will serve for its cause<\/a> beatification process that has just begun. Some of them took place on the occasion of her perpetual vows. Sisters who were her superiors agree that her perpetual vows marked a before and after in her spiritual life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Isabel Cuesta: The image of the \u2018blank check\u2019.\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When she was assigned to the community that the Servants of the Home of the Mother were opening in Valencia (Spain), her superior, Sister Isabel Cuesta, recalls the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClare had just made her perpetual vows. She had given herself totally to the Lord and her way of living it was to do everything with all her soul. (...) There was an image that Sr. Clare used a lot and that helped her to put her life in God's hands every day. It was the image of the \u201cblank check\u201d. Every day she offered the Lord a blank check, so that He could ask Him for whatever He wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition at the Rimini Meeting this summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In parallel, HM Television has confirmed that the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples, better known as the Rimini Meeting, organized by Communion and Liberation, will this year feature an exhibition dedicated to Sister Clare. The exhibition will be held from August 21-26, and the Holy See has already confirmed that the Holy Father Leo XIV will visit the Rimini Meeting on Saturday, August 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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