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Dare the Dream! |
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Photos of Sr. Barbara Joseph and Child Dressed as Therese
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September 29, 2001 - Sister Barbara Joseph of St. John the Baptist makes Final Profession of Vows click to view |
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About UsThe Carmelite Sisters of Saint Therese were founded by Father Edward Soler, O.C.D. in 1917 at Bentley, Oklahoma. In 1919 Mother Agnes Teresa Cavanaugh became our first general superior. The congregation received canonical approbation in 1928 and was aggregated to the Discalced Carmelite Order in 1937. |
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Like our spiritual ancestors in the Teresian Carmelite tradition, our ideal of communal life is relatively small. Currently our thirty-one sisters come from all parts of North America, from a variety of racial and ethnic groups, and from a wide spectrum of educational and occupational backgrounds. Our founder gifted us with the contemplative and missionary spirit of Saint Therese. We are united daily in our Eucharistic celebration of Jesus Christ, alive and risen, in the people of God with whom we serve and in the priests and ministers for whom we pray. We seek to become what we are, members of Christ who channel our communal energy through our personal embrace of the baptismal vows extended to their fullest in poverty, chastity, and obedience. Our goal is to be prophetic witnesses in the biblical spirit of Elijah on Mount Carmel, to give birth to Christ in our daily human existence in the spirit of Mary of Nazareth, the first Christ-bearer in human history, to be contemplatives in the spirit of our great reformers Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, and to spread the Gospel by building the kingdom of God on earth according to the "way" of Therese, the Little Flower. We undertake a wide variety of ministries as long as they are within our capacity. Currently, our sisters serve others in educational programs on all levels, in the medical field, in parishes, in offices, as well as in the maintenance and domestic occupations which support communal living. Our two communal projects at present encompass providing creative programs for the education of young children of the working class in urban areas and providing services for marginated people in rural areas. |
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Vocation InformationIf you feel God is calling you to the religious life and would like more information about our order, please contact Sister Sylvia. Please include "Vocation Information" in your email subject line.
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