The Transverberation of St. Teresa of Jesus — Discalced Carmelite Friars

At the end of May in 1921, St. Teresa Benedicta, then Edith Stein, boarded a train in Göttingen bound for her friend’s house in the Southwest of Germany. Prior to embarking, another friend, Pauline Reinach, who later became a Benedictine nun, gave to Edith her copy of St. Teresa’s The Book of Her Life. Her time in Göttingen had been a bit chaotic, and so this peaceful book must have been a welcome gift. By this time, Edith was perhaps being readied for her conversion, but her experience of the book must have had a significant impact because […]

Deacon Brother Pier Giorgio of Christ the King, O.C.D.
The Transverberation of St. Teresa of Jesus — Discalced Carmelite Friars