St. Edith Stein was clothed in the Carmelite habit on 15 April 1934. Edith describes her longing for silence before the ceremony and her novice mistress describes what happened that day. Plus, we have two videos of vocations from Carmelite monasteries in Mexico as examples.
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Quote of the day, 15 February: St. Edith Stein
On 15 February 1934 St. Edith Stein knelt before the nuns of the Carmel of Cologne-Lindenthal and formally requested to be clothed in the holy habit of Carmel. We trace a few details from her letters and the biography written by her novice mistress.
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Quote of the day, 2 February: St. Edith Stein
On 2 February 1922 St. Edith Stein received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Here we read the recollections of her novice mistress, with added commentary by scholar, translator, and editor Father John Sullivan, O.C.D.
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Quote of the day, 26 January: St. Edith Stein
St Edith Stein's time of postulancy was moving quickly. In January 1934 she wrote: "As I stand in our peaceful choir I cannot thank God enough for having lifted me out of the whirlwind and set me in this profound peace, that I have done nothing to deserve."
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Quote of the day, 6 December: St. Edith Stein
When St. Edith Stein was a faculty lecturer in Münster, she celebrated St. Nicholas Day with her students in December 1932. One student recalled, “we sang Advent songs, and she was just like one of us.”
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Quote of the day, 12 October: St. Edith Stein
Saint Edith Stein was born on this date in 1891, the youngest of seven children. Sister Teresia Renata, her novice mistress tells us about the beginning of Edith’s “life in a Jewish family” as seen from the Carmelite perspective.
Quote of the day, 5 July: Carmel of Le Pâquier
On the 4th of July 1942, the Prioress of the Carmel of Le Pâquier, Switzerland proposed to the voting members of the monastic community that St. Edith Stein should transfer and be received as a member of the community. On July 5, the nuns gathered once again and held a secret vote...
Quote of the day, 15 April: Teresia Renata Posselt, O.C.D.
"It was a feast such as the Cologne Carmel has never seen"
Quote of the day: 21 April
Sr. Benedicta answered, "Like the Bride of the Lamb."
Quote of the day: 15 April
It was a feast such as the Cologne Carmel has never seen
Quote of the day: 14 April
I look forward with so much joy to the silence
Quote of the day: 15 February
Edith’s six months of probation passed quickly.
Quote of the day: 15 December
Naturally, in our seclusion we have a beautiful and silent Advent
Quote of the day: 6 December
She loved to join in our small parties and celebrations in the house
Quote of the day: 16 October
Edith Stein was received into the Cologne Carmel as just another postulant
Quote of the day: 13 September
She bore much that was painful and did much that was good
Quote of the day: 3 August
I met Sister Teresia Benedicta a Cruce, known in the camp as Edith Stein, in the transit camp at Amersfoort
Quote of the day: 5 July
It was unanimously resolved by a secret vote to receive Sister Teresa Benedicta
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