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The Prophet Elijah is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order.. The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both men and women.
The Discalced Carmelites are friars and nuns who dedicate themselves to a life of prayer. The Carmelite nuns live in cloistered (enclosed) monasteries and follow a completely contemplative life. The Carmelite friars, while following a contemplative life, also engage in the promotion of spirituality through their retreat centres, parishes and ...
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel [1] [2] is a branch of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, who originated as hermit monks and have been mendicant friars since the 13th century. [3] [4] The male Carmelites of this branch of the order are not considered monastics as the cloistered Carmelite nuns are.
Schneider was trained for eleven years in a hermitage of the Ancient Observance and through a close relationship with several houses of cloistered Discalced Carmelite nuns. Schneider was clothed as a Carmelite by members of the order and lived in vows in a house of the order for many years. [citation needed] The Carmelite monks use the suffix M ...
Giovanna Scopelli (1428–1491), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance (Italy) Beatified: 24 August 1771 by Pope Clement XIV; Barbe Acarie née Avrillot (rel. name: Marie of the Incarnation) (1566–1618), Widow; Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelites Nuns (France) Declared "Venerable": 1 October 1566
Madre Cecilia del Nacimiento (née, Cecilia Sobrino Morillas; 1570–1646) was a Spanish nun, mystic, writer, and poet influenced by the Carmelites, of which she became prioress. A Discalced Carmelite and abbess , her work is written in verse and prose and, mainly, it is a mystical production, based on her spiritual experiences.
An enclosed nun of the Order of Saint Clare Discalced Carmelites convent of Santa Teresa de Jesús in Buenos Aires. Through the grille one can view into the choir. Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (the Carmelite monks)
The reform led by Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross restored Carmelite life with a new joy and asceticism. The Discalced Carmelite renewal saw the Constitutions reaffirmed and strengthened. They were again revitalised under the directives of the Second Vatican Council. Carmelite nuns under the 1990 Constitutions