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Sr Clare Crockett on Prayer Cloth
Clare Theresa Crockett (14 November 1982 – 16 April 2016) a Catholic nun and former actress from Northern Ireland. Born in Derry in Northern Ireland. As a young child she loved singing, writing stories and reciting poetry. In secondary school she most passionate about literature and theater.
She very lively student and played the class clown at times. Joined an acting agency at 14 and got her first job at 15. Worked as a theater actor, writer and director, and as a tv presenter for Channel 4. A self-confessed wild child during her teenage years and loved to go partying.
Wanted to become an actress after landing a small role in the Jimmy McGovern film Sunday. About Bloody Sunday in 1972 in Crockett’s native Derry.
After a religious experience in Spain on Good Friday 2000 she felt called to religious life. She felt confirmation of her call in the months afterwards, including from a priest at World Youth Day 2000 who told her surprising details of her childhood.
During her final school year she felt torn between her worldly life and her call to vocation. Her worldly life seemed to be winning out. However, further religious experiences and the continued feeling of having a call helped convince her.
In summer 2001 she went back to the convent of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in Spain, where she took the name Sister Clare Maria of the Trinity and the Heart of Mary.
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