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Post Valentine’s Day!

Post Valentine’s Day!

They say the quality of questions you ask yourself says a lot about you. The questions you ask yourself DEFINTELY make a difference in how you are “forming” your thought patterns.

Family Response to Vocations | Sr. Gloria Therese

Family Response to Vocations | Sr. Gloria Therese

My parents come from different faith backgrounds, but they both had the same joyful openness to my vocation, they understood that my heart was with the California Carmelites! My Catholic father’s mother always wanted a religious in the family, so Dad in his own quiet way was pretty proud to see that his daughter had a vocation to religious life.

Experiencing True Joy in the Midst of the Cross

Experiencing True Joy in the Midst of the Cross

Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that can only flourish when we are utterly convinced that our lives are held within the hands of our loving Father. We must believe with every fiber of our being that nothing can touch us without His consent and that He only allows what can bring about abundant good fruit.

The Experience of Joy

The Experience of Joy

Joy is a supernatural gift from the Holy Spirit, one of the fruits, an outpouring of God’s love. When I experience joy, I have an up-lifting of my entire being to God, my heart is overflowing with His love, and it flows out to those around me.

Community Life: Our Religious Family

Community Life: Our Religious Family

What does it mean to be a life-long member of this religious family? It means that we strive to know and love each other as we are. Not as we think we should be, not as we hope we would be, but simply as we are.

The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy

The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy

We too must learn to trust, be vulnerable, share sorrows and joys, contribute, grow and mature, and yes, make mistakes and start over again. But that is what makes it all so worth the effort. The rewards are out of this world!

Our Religious Family

Our Religious Family

What does it mean to be a life-long member of this religious family? It means that we strive to know and love each other as we are. Not as we think we should be, not as we hope we would be, but simply as we are.

In Thanksgiving

In Thanksgiving

This February 2, 2021 is a milestone anniversary for the Carmelite Sisters. One hundred years ago in Mexico, Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament and her Sisters became officially affiliated with the Order of Discalced Carmelites.