In a country known for its secularism, the story of Sister Maria of the Annunciation, told in a documentary sequel, stands ...

As her relics start to tour the U.S. and more than 125 years after her death in a cloistered convent in Normandy, St. Thérèse ...

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Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland, stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women in ...

BARRINGTON − What will become of the former Carmelite monastery in Barrington? That question has bedeviled the town since it bought the property in 2021, with a stipulation that the building not be ...

The Carmelite Sisters, outside of Wahpeton, do not have contact with the outside world. Their life has been one of intrigue and mystery. Until Monday, Oct. 24, no television news cameras had ever been ...

The Carmelite Monastery on Pleasant Street is closing after 74 years of providing a home for nuns to live the cloistered religious life, part of a pattern that has seen the number of nuns in the ...

The Carmelite Monastery on Ridge Road in Munster has a long history with the area's Polish Catholic community. In 1949, three Carmelite monks from Poland decided to establish a Polish monastery in ...

STANTON The story of St. Joseph’s Carmelite Monastery here at 200 Carpenter St. is a classic tale of the Old West, where the priests were about as rugged as anyone. Led by Father Athanasius Peters, ...

Tucked away high on a shelf, out of mind and out of arm's reach, my wedding dress has maintained its clandestine existence for more than 30 years. It made its one and only debut on a cold and dark ...

Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth in a statement shared on YouTube denied that he abused his authority when investigating a prioress of a Carmelite monastery and alleged that she ...

BARRINGTON – When Barrington bought a former monastery from the Catholic Church last year, the plan was to turn the 7-acre parcel into housing. Passed on a single-vote margin, 176 to 175, the purchase ...