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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. It features a two-story structure with a moderately pitched gable roof.
The Carmelite Rite, based on the Rite of the Holy Sepulchre, was used by the Ancient Observance branch of the Carmelite Order from the time of the first hermits on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land in the late 12th century, until Vatican II at which time the Carmelites began to celebrate the ordinary form of the Roman Rite Mass.
early monastic site, nuns, founded in the 7th century, strictly separate from the monks' monastery (see immediately above) Lismore — St Brigid's Hospital early leper hospital under a prior, with possible Culdee connections until the 12th century;
The nuns have been embroiled in a dispute with the Diocese of Fort Worth and the Vatican for over a year. It began when Bishop Michael Olson investigated a report that the nuns’ leader, the Rev ...
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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
The Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as the Lay Carmelites, is a third order of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, established in 1476 by a bull of Pope Sixtus IV. It is an association of people who choose to live the Gospel in the spirit of the Carmelite Order and under its guidance. Its members are mainly lay ...