Carmelite Saints
I'm a Catholic and a lay Carmelite because of St. Teresa. I have her name as my confirmation name. Twenty years ago I was in a religious bookstore and saw a book called simply Life, and it was by St. Teresa. Something, of course it was the Holy Spirit, made me pick it up and [...]
I have been a daughter of Teresa since my mother placed me with her at my baptism. Since then, she has guided my feet along the way of perfection, keeping my eyes fixed on the Crucified One. She died a daughter of the Church. Through God's grace and her help, I pray that I may [...]
I am a brother of Teresa, brother in finding a vocation within a vocation after years of living life, brother to build a hermitage in the backyard, just to pray and praise brother who laughs and dances and sings to The Glory.  a brother seeking reform and a new zeal for the Rule loving the [...]
I have been a daughter of Teresa since my mother placed me with her at my baptism. Since then, she has guided my feet along the way of perfection, keeping my eyes fixed on the Crucified One. She died a daughter of the Church. Through God's grace and her help, I pray that I may [...]
This paper by Fr. George K. Nixon received second place in the 2013 Vilma Seelaus Prize competition. Please click here to read.
This paper by Sister Judy Murray, OCD (Baltimore Carmel) received third place in the 2013 Vilma Seelaus Prize competition. Please click here to read.
This paper by Paul Houston Blankenship received First Place at the 2013Â Vilma Seelaus Prize competition. Please click here to view.
Thérèse of St. Augustine and Companions By Leopold Glueckert, O. Carm. During the most violent phase of the French Revolution, the so-called Reign of Terror, an estimated 40,000 people lost their lives at the guillotine. A disproportionate number of those were religious sisters and brothers, priests, bishops, and dedicated lay Christians. This sad episode took [...]
Francis Poulenc's opera about the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne is a compelling account of the sacrifice of this community of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. While some aspects of the Poulenc opera have been altered from historical events, the basic facts are correct. The opera played recently at the Metropolitan Opera House in New [...]
He lived between the stars and indigence, this youngest son of Catherine Alvarez. Her hope--to make a weaver of him--was firmly rooted in poverty and common sense. Straining to ply the loom, his shoulders tense, fingers ineptly handling warp and weft, his mind refusing all attempts to master splices, Juan's heart ached for something else. [...]
