Often when I introduce myself, people seem surprised. “I thought Carmelites were cloistered?” Occasionally there is a slight tone of suspicion in their voice, as if maybe we were escapees or something. I am always prompt to clarify things for them. While most...
This is the second part of Sister Mary Colombiere’s article on charism. Part One focused on charisms in general while this portion is about the Carmelite charism in particular. Click here to read Part One.Every religious community is unique because it lives...
The complete* text of Sister Regina Marie, O.C.D.’s address to the Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast, September 16, 2014When Allen Lund called me last year about this morning’s Prayer Breakfast, my first response was, “Allen, you need a big name for your...
During the 1920s the government grew increasingly hostile to the Catholic Church and the schools became unsafe for Catholic children. The bishop had to tell all the Catholic families in his diocese not to send their children to the public schools anymore. This...
Originally posted on: http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2014/01/ask-a-carmelite-how-to-overcome-worry-by-rusting-god/ Dear Sister, I worry a lot. I worry about myself and my family. People sometimes tell me that I worry far too much. I can’t help it. As a child,...
The Childhood of Mother LuisitaFor Don Epigmenio de la Peña, June 21st was a special day. It was the birthday of his beautiful wife, Maria Luisa. On that day in 1866 there was another significant occurrence. As the angelus bells were ringing, his little daughter,...
A Capsule Biography of Mother Luisita The life of Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament is no ordinary story. It is a story filled with daring adventure, the kind of adventure one encounters when one dares to love God above all things and to place...
