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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.
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.
Felisa Urrutia Langarica (1913–1991), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity "Vedruna"; Martyr in defensum mulieribus (Spain – Venezuela) Dora Motroni ( rel. name : Ancilla Maria of the Cross) (1915–1994), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (United States – Italy)
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.
Felisa Urrutia Langarica (1913-1991), professed religious, Carmelite Sisters of Charity “Vedruna” (Venezuela) Bernard Darke (1925-1979), professed priest, Jesuits (Guyana) Georges Bouvier (1928-2002), professed priest, Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) (French Guiana, France)
Sisters of Charity of New York: S.C. 3 Sisters of Charity from Philadelphia: Vincentian-Setonian: 1841 Sisters of Charity of Ottawa (Grey Nuns of Ottawa) S.C.O. Mother Elizabeth Bruyere: Vincentian-Setonian: 1845 Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of the Church: Vincentian-Setonian: Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron: Mother Perrine ...
Sisters of Charity of Nevers; Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy; Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy; Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth; Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Halifax) Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa; Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine; Sisters of Charity of St ...
The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at what is now the Place de la Nation in Paris on 17 July 1794, and are venerated as martyr saints of the Catholic Church.