Carmelite Saints
Very Rev. Mario Esposito, O.Carm. is a member of Saint Elias Province of the Carmelite Order. He is the current Vice-Postulator to advance the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. The following is first of several series where Father [...]
By Father Mario Esposito, O.Carm. Vice-Postulator During the month of January, as we keep our annual commemoration of the birth into life and eternal life of Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa, O.Carm., it seems opportune to spend a few minutes reflecting on the Venerable as a Consecrated Woman of the Church. The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and [...]
By Sr. Helena of Mary Devotion to St. Joseph was a hallmark of St. Teresa of Avila. Teresa attributed her miraculous cure to Saint Joseph. When she was living in the Incarnation Convent in Avila, she was struck with an ailment that left her half-dead. She was paralyzed and was presumed dead at one [...]
Are you new to Carmelite Spirituality? Need some baseline information about John of the Cross?  We found this wonderful resource on  Pope Francis' FaceBook page: http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/saint-john-of-the-cross/
The Carmelite Institute would like you to know that Dr Keith Egan, Ph.D. has just produced an audio course through Now You Know Media. The course is entitled John of the Cross: Poet and Mystic . Perhaps this is the Christmas gift you have been waiting for! Please let us know if you have other [...]
By Sr. Helena of Mary, O.Carm Feast Day: December 14th Carmelite, Mystic, Doctor of the Church The Carmelite Order celebrates the feast of Saint John of the Cross on December 14th. Saint John is first of my favorite male Saints, with St. Francis De Sales, as my second. Humanly speaking, his life is a story of [...]
By Sr. Helena of Mary Feast Day: November 8 The Carmelite Order celebrates the feast of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity on November 8th. Elizabeth was a beautiful soul who tasted the delights of contemplating God in the depths of her soul and invites us to do the same. She was born July 18, 1880 in [...]
“In response to what makes me a daughter of St. Teresa of Avila, I would say it is her genuine sense of being fully human and alive. She tells me by some of her quips that she found humor in many of the situations that would cause us to throw up our hands. She gives [...]
 A Daughter of Saint Teresa  It is a bold statement to claim to be a daughter of the Great Saint Teresa!  But it is not so bold when one gets to know our Foundress, Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa, who had such great devotion and admiration for this great woman of faith and mission, that she [...]
