“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 [...]
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 [...]
