On 28 November 1568, the Discalced Carmelite friars began their new life in Duruelo. St Teresa wrote: “the first Mass was said in that little stable of Bethlehem, for it doesn't seem to me the house was any better.”
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Quote of the day, 28 November: St. Teresa of Avila
On the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 1568, Fray Antonio de Heredia and St. John of the Cross began to observe the "Primitive Rule" of Pope Innocent IV in Duruelo, Spain. St Teresa describes their convent.
Quote of the day, 27 November: St. Teresa of Avila
Fray Antonio de Heredia and Fray José de Cristo left for Duruelo on 27 November 1568 to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the next day, the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November.
Quote of the day, 2 October: Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew
Two days before her death, she said to me once when we were alone: "My child, the hour of my death has come."
Quote of the day: 14 October
When the Blessed Sacrament was brought into her cell, the Holy Mother raised herself without anyone’s help
Quote of the day: 13 December
Don't tell me that, Father. Tell me my sins!
Quote of the day: 28 November
On the First or Second Sunday of Advent, in the year 1568, the first Mass was said
Quote of the day: 4 October
She died between nine and ten that evening, surrounded by all the nuns
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