www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall Poor Clares (Hanceville, AL) - Have their numbers dwindled?

I haven't watched EWTN in a while, but started to again since the recent passing of Mother Angelica (May her memory be eternal!).

Today I just caught an article from The Catholic News Herald from Nov. 2015 stating that the Poor Clare community in Charlotte,NC consisting of 6 nuns merged with the Hanceville,AL group, making a total of 11 solemnly professed members, which included Mother Angelica (at the time of the article) at that location.

http://catholicnewsherald.com/42-ne...ation-announce-merger-of-two-communities


Then I came across this newspaper article that mentions over 40 cloistered Poor Clare nuns in Hanceville,AL at the time the article was written in 2013.

http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/04/retired_tv_nun_mother_angelica_1.html

Was wondering, in the past two to three years, where did so many of them go? Were they transferred to other convents in the US?

I believe Our Lady of Solitude , Tonopah, Arizonia outside of Phoenix is one of theirs. Don't how it is called when one monastery/convent opens another in a different area. Daughter house ???