By Sister Meredith, O.C.D. “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” Before I came to faith in Jesus Christ, it seemed on the surface, I had it all together. I had a promising...
What Kind of Rice Is That?!By Sister Mary Scholastica, O.C.D. I signed up to make creamy chicken soup with wild rice for our sisters’ Easter Sunday lunch. To show how clueless I am in the kitchen, I figured the rice comes in a box and the chicken comes already cooked...
Join us in thanking God for his many blessings! We are celebrating the lives of five of our Santa Teresita Manor residents who BEAT COVID-19! Residents in their 70s and of ages 87, 98, and 101 years and their families are praising God for this blessing and for the...
April 15, 2020 Collectively, 30 of our sisters together with 271 lay co-workers are virtually educating over 2,826 children at 7 different schools from California to Florida. Education of our young people is a critical service that is being provided at this time. ...
April 15, 2020 Prayer is at the HEART of every aspect of our Carmelite vocation. Knowing the power of prayer and believing whole-heartedly the words of our Lord, “ask and you shall receive”, our sisters from California to Florida are uniting our prayers and sacrifices...
April 15, 2020 At the Sacred Heart Retreat House, we are experiencing a time of both hardship and renewal. In a “normal” year, typically there are anywhere from 13,000-14,000 people walking through our doors. Ages range anywhere from little tykes at our family nights,...
The Corona virus knows no boundaries and can have serious repercussions for the elderly. The challenges that we are experiencing are the very same challenges that all other healthcare campuses across the nation are struggling with: staffing shortages, limited...
Message from Mother Gloria Therese, O.C.D. Our charism as daughters of Carmel, daughters of Mother Luisita includes in a particular way, praying and sacrificing for our priests. Mother Gloria Therese, our newly elected Superior General, on behalf of the Carmelites...
CHEER YOU ON A Message For Our Priests We had the blessing of having Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone visit us in Alhambra last year. At that time, we created this video to show Archbishop, in a FUN fashion, how we are supporting him with our love and prayers. With the...
As is the case with all of us, “social distancing” is very much a part of our day-to-day experience. We sisters are used to engaging with those whom we serve (our retreatants, donors, residents, students, families, priests, etc.) on a daily basis. It is part of our...
