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Anne of Saint Bartholomew was born Ana García y Manzanas in Almendral, a village in Castile, Spain. At the age of 21, she joined the newly founded Discalced Carmelite monastery in Avila and became a companion to Saint Teresa of Ávila. In St. Teresa of Avila’s later years, Anne was her close friend and aide, and the saint died in Anne’s arms in 1582. Anne le...
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Blessed Elia of St. Clement was born in Bari, January 17, 1901, to deeply Christian parents. At her baptism, she was given the name Theodora, ‘gift of God.’ In the brief course of her life on earth, she lived up to her name. On April 8, 1920 (then Feast of St. Albert, author of the Carmelite Rule), she entered the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari. She received the habit on N...
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Born in Florence in 1566, St. Mary Magdalen of the Incarnate Word de’ Pazzi had a religious upbringing and entered the monastery of the Carmelite nuns there. She led a hidden life of prayer and self-denial, praying particularly for the renewal of the Church and encouraging the sisters in holiness. Her life was marked by many extraordinary graces. She died in 1607.
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Joaquina was born in Barcelona in 1783. She married Theodore de Mas in 1799 and bore him nine children before being widowed in 1816. Then in 1826, she was prompted by God’s Spirit to found the Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Charity, which spread throughout Catalonia, establishing houses for the care of the sick and the education of children, especially the poor. She was ...
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Simon, an Englishman, died at Bordeaux in the mid-thirteenth century. He has been venerated in the Carmelite Order for his personal holiness and his devotion to Our Lady. A liturgical celebration in his honor was observed locally in the fifteenth century, and later extended to the whole Order.
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St. Simon Stock, also known as Simon Anglus or Simon the Englishman, was bo...
One of the most profound mysteries of our Faith is that by entering into the rhythm of the liturgical year, we do not simply remember things that have happened in the past and are now over, but we also — in a mysterious way — experience and participate in those very realities, these sacred and eternal things touching us in our own time.
We can dispose ourselves to receive specifi...
This year, we lift up the world, so in need of peace, to Our Sweet Mother, Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared then in a time of war - and reminded us that in the end Her Immaculate Heart will triumph, and that we must do penance, pray the Rosary, and save souls!
We commemorate this day because it is the first time Our Lady appeared to the three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal. She mad...
In keeping with our devotion to St. Michael, this is a beautiful reflection.
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In a single celebration, both Orders of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel commemorate their martyrs who, in different places in Spain, bore witness to the faith before and during the long and bloody religious persecution for hatred of the faith (1936-1939). Father Angel Mary Prat Hostench, O. Carm., was murdered with his confreres in Tárrega in 1936; Fat...
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Blessed María Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (María Felicia Guggiari Echeverría), commonly known as Chiquitunga, was born in Villarrica del Espiritu Santo, Paraguay on January 12, 1925. At the age of 16, she enthusiastically joined Catholic Action and took care of the elderly, the sick, and prisoners. This fruitful apostolic experience, supported by t...
