The Monasterio de Sta. Clara has a long and meaningful history. Founded in 1621, it was the first contemplative community of nuns in Asia and was later vested with Royal Patronage, earning the title “Real Monasterio de Sta. Clara.” Through the centuries, the monastery endured challenges that tested its resilience. In 1762, during the British Occupation, the nuns were forced to leave their convent. They had to abandon it again during World War II, when the austere walls of the Royal Monastery were destroyed by heavy bombing. After the war, in 1945, the sisters moved to a provisional monastery at the Franciscan Seraphic College in San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City. Later, in 1950, they relocated to their newly built monastery along Aurora Boulevard. Yet history continued to move them, when the C5 extension project began in 1995, the community transferred once more to its present site along Katipunan Avenue.