The Carmelite nuns have left their home at a Christoval monastery after 35 years. "For decades, the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace ...

DANVERS — Neighbors and community members are speaking out in opposition to the potential redevelopment of The Discalced Carmelite ... monastery, dedicated to Saint Therese of Lisieux, France ...

The sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, who during the Reign of Terror in France shortly after the French Revolution (1789) were guillotined on charges of being ...

These Carmelite convents were established throughout Europe, with nuns devoted to a cloistered life based on the original rule of Saint Albert, which emphasized solitude, silence, prayer, and fasting.