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Ann Teresa Mathews (religious name, Mother Bernardina Teresa Xavier of St. Joseph; [1] 1732 – June 18, 1800) was a nun from Port Tobacco, Maryland who in 1790 founded the first Roman Catholic religious order for women in the United States.
The Mt. Carmel Monastery is a historic monastery located in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It comprises a two-part frame house, with the main block constructed around 1790 and restored in 1936–37.
Françoise d'Amboise (1427–1485), Widow; Professed Religious of the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance (France) Beatified: 16 July 1863 by Pope Pius IX; Eleanora Girlani (rel. name: Arcangela) (1460–1494), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance (Italy) Beatified: 1 October 1864 by Pope Pius IX
Carmelite nuns (1 C, 22 P) Carthusian nuns (3 P) Cistercian nuns (1 C, 20 P) Congregation of Divine Providence (13 P) Congregations of Franciscan sisters (1 C, 41 P) D.
Dismas Becker – American civil rights activist and former Discalced Carmelite priest; left his order and the priesthood in 1972; served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1977–1989 Bartholomäus Bernhardi – rector and professor at the University of Wittenberg ; later left the Catholic Church for Lutheranism and became the third Lutheran ...
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.
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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.