Barbe Acarie entered the Carmel of Amiens on 15 February 1614, under the name of Sister Mary of the Incarnation
Quote of the day, 15 February: Madame Acarie
Quote of the day, 12 February: Brother Lawrence
"My God, I am all yours; Lord, fashion me according to your heart."
Quote of the day, 3 February: Père Jacques
3 February 1944 the 3 Jewish boys that Father Jacques had hidden in his school were deported to Auschwitz
Quote of the day, 16 January: Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew
The Carmel of Pontoise was founded with the aid of Madame Acarie on 15 January 1605
Quote of the day, 11 January: Conrad de Meester, O.C.D.
I, Sister Mary Elizabeth of the Trinity, make my profession, and I promise chastity, poverty and obedience to God
Quote of the day: 13 December
Padre Juan, cheer up, trust in God and remember the deeds we did and the labors we endured in the beginnings of this religious life
Quote of the day, 7 December: St. Teresa of Avila
They have stirred up so many persecutions and calumnies against us nuns as well as Padre Gracián
Quote of the day, 5 December: St. Edith Stein
On December 5, 1562, the provincial Angel de Salazar gave Teresa permission to go to her daughters
Quote of the day, 2 December: St. John of the Cross is abducted
A group of Carmelites, laypeople, and men-at-arms broke into the chaplain's quarters, seized Fray John, and took him away
Quote of the day: 21 October
The new, post-conciliar liturgical calendar for the Teresian Carmel was approved 20 October 1971 by the Holy See
Multiformis Sapientia Dei — Excerpts
The manifold Wisdom of God sometimes reveals itself more manifestly to certain beloved disciples of Christ
St. Therese and the 1891-92 influenza pandemic: Death — Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway
My nineteenth birthday was celebrated with a death
Marie du jour 2020: 25 May
The refugees recited the Rosary together each evening
Quote of the day: 9 May
On St. Gregory Nazianzen's Day, May 9 they vowed not to leave
Quote of the day: 25 April
They told me about so many people dying
Quote of the day: 27 January
Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz
Quote of the day: 7 January
The Pope, chosen by God for this act, had already in 1965 practically called her Doctor
The Holy Family: The fiber of humanity — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Salvation history, woven by God with the fiber of humanity, passes through the daily events of families
Quote of the day: 20 December
He is among those in this order whom I love much in the Lord and esteem highly
Quote of the day: 4 October
She died between nine and ten that evening, surrounded by all the nuns
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