🙏🏽 On this day in 1571, Saint Teresa returned to the Incarnation as prioress by papal order. God had told her, "These Sisters are My Sisters," and she obeyed an impossible mission.
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✍️ September 29: the day Mother Antonia Engelmann was elected prioress at Echt, encouraging Saint Edith Stein's scholarly work. Read excerpts from her letters about "The Science of the Cross."
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🕊️ Honor St. Albert of Jerusalem, who gave Carmelites our foundational Rule. Join us for feast day prayers.
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✝️ St. John of the Cross defended the traditional Carmelite rite in a definitory meeting that ultimately chose the Roman rite. Fr. Jose Vicente Rodriguez reveals the details behind this decision.
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🇺🇸 From Washington's knee to America's first Carmelite monastery — meet the patriotic nun who sang the Star-Spangled Banner in her convent! A fascinating blend of Revolutionary War history and contemplative devotion.
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On Trinity Sunday 1790, four Carmelite nuns received Holy Communion in secret aboard a ship bound for Maryland. Their “pretty candlesticks”? Two empty wine bottles.
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On the feast of St. Barnabas in 1586, St. John of the Cross wrote from Seville—navigating delays, trusting God, and building Carmel.
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In 1948, 521 Arab refugees found shelter at the Carmelite monastery in Haifa.
Fr. Elias Friedman, O.C.D., called it “a law of charity.”
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After Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew "examined the interior arrangements," of the new French Carmel, she "could not sufficiently admire the genius of Mme. Acarie, who had known how, in so small a space, to make all the proper arrangements..."
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Quote from St Teresa of Avila: "For the love of God, watch out lest you have a fall..." Background: Dall-E imagines a closeup of an old nun at a rustic desk writing a letter with a quill pen
📜 ‘For the love of God watch out lest you have a fall…’ St. Teresa of Avila knew suffering firsthand. Discover the story behind her painful accident and broken arm:
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Quote from St Peter Thomas: "How often for me you faced real risk of your lives!" Portrait of St Peter Thomas by Francisco de Zurbaran (after 1634), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Carmelite model of humility: St. Peter Thomas sought forgiveness from all before receiving the sacraments and surrendering to God. 🕊️ Learn about his holy death:
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