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Formation
The Prayer I Love
I was enthralled and amazed when I first entered our community as I just soaked in the ebb and flow of the movement of the chanting. My days are marked by the Liturgy of the Hours.
Why the habit?
I hardly see Sisters in a habit any more. What happened? Why did the Carmelite Sisters keep their habit?
My Golden Jubilee
The year was 1963. Vatican Council II was in session, Pope John XXIII issued his encyclical “Pacem in Terris,” the world was introduced to “The Beatles,” and in Alhambra, California, on a Friday afternoon, seven young women and I crossed the threshold of Carmelite Sisters for we were “entering the convent.”
A Vowed Heart
A Carmelite Sister reflects on the beauty of the ceremony for a first religious profession of vows.
Introducing The Wrong Carol and Her Family
Spirit of Carmel spent an afternoon amidst the tangible love and faith which abounds in the Coderre home – a time filled with abundant joy and much laughter with the Coderre family. We spoke with Homer and Bertha Coderre, as well as their daughter, Sister Mary Jeanne Coderre, a Carmelite Sister of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles.