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The motherhouse of the congregation is St. Teresa's at Avila-on-Hudson in Germantown, New York. At present, there are approximately 200 Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm who operate 24 homes caring for 5,200 elderly persons. [8]
The Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Spanish: Hermanas Carmelitas de la Caridad de Vedruna; Latin: Institutum Sororum Carmelitarum a Caritate; abbreviation: C.C.V. or C. a Ch.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common.
The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus is a religious institute in the Catholic Church founded by Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (Anna Maria Tauscher) on July 2, 1891, in the Netherlands. [1] Mother Mary Teresa traveled to the United States in 1912 to establish a community in the U.S.
Today, the sisters number 337 and the motherhouse is located in Sparkill, New York. [23] Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Springs - This is a new congregation founded in 2009 with members from the Dominican Sisters of Columbus. The Sisters staff St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Manhattan, and have a convent in Ossining.
Theresia Ijsseldijk (rel. name: Theresia of the Most Holy Trinity) (1897–1926), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Netherlands – United States) Clara del Carmen Quirós López (rel. name: Clara María of Jesus) (1857–1928), Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (El Salvador)
The Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity are an international congregation of Roman Catholic religious sisters. The motherhouse is in Vienna. The congregation uses the post-nominal “FDC”, from the Latin, Filiae Divinae Caritatis. The charism of the order is to "make God's love visible". [1]
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.
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (or Joaquima in Catalan) (16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) - born Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, religious name Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi - was a Spanish religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. [1] Her canonisation was celebrated on 12 April 1959.