T he Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history ...

LEWISTON, Maine—A man shot and killed at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of ...

The Donne di Domani’s marinara sauce has been a star of the Houston Ballet's annual Nutcracker Market each year since ...

Born on 26 Sept 1927 in Spain, Mother Consuelo entered Carmel there. She made her first profession on 30 Oct 1954 and her solemn profession three years later. She arrived in North Borneo (now Sabah) ...

With those words in September, Sister Judith Dowd ensured her separation — from friends and family, from the limited contact with others she had known as a cloistered Carmelite nun of 42 years ...

What possesses a woman in her twenties to become a nun? And what is it like to run away and give up the monastic life?

At their stops, the pilgrims were able to testify and speak to the crowd about their journey with the Blessed Sacrament. Mac Au spoke at the cloistered Carmelite Monastery in Utah, and she recalls it ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.

various programs to help service veterans and even the Carmelite Cloistered Nuns of New Caney. For tickets to the Nutcracker Market, which continues through Sunday, visit houstonballet.org.

When you enter the gothic steel San Sebastian Basilica, you will be greeted by a huge holy water font with an inscription “Romblon 1893.” High School textbooks brand Romblon as the “Marble Capital of ...

The last Carmelite priest to live and serve at Balluta’s Carmelite church, Fr Joe Saliba, has described his “great pain” as the community departs after 165 years. The move comes amid a ...