A small community of discalced Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has reportedly withdrawn a request for a temporary restraining order against Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth and a national Carmelite association.
The nuns filed the request April 22 after receiving notice
A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its governance under a national Carmelite association. The legal maneuver continues a yearlong feud with
A community of Carmelite hermits in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, is looking to expand after running out of space to accept new vocations. The first step, they say, is a new chapel. “We must build to accept more men into this ancient order,”
In the quiet, wooded hills of southern Maryland, a hidden gem stands: the first Catholic monastery in the United States. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery in La Plata — the first convent of religious women in the original 13 states
Cloistered Carmelites in Arlington, Texas, insisted on their continued communion with the Catholic Church Aug. 23 in a statement from their civil attorney, following an Aug. 19 statement from Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth saying the nuns may have incurred
Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth said Aug. 19 that a community of Carmelites in his diocese, and their prioress in particular, may have incurred excommunication after posting a letter online Aug. 18 saying their community no longer recognizes his authority,
A Carmelite religious sister added a defamation claim to her lawsuit against Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, June 2, the day after he used newly granted authority from the Holy See to decree her dismissal from the Carmelite order.
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Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, has dismissed a religious superior from the Carmelite order after finding her guilty of violating the Sixth Commandment and her vow of chastity, which she denies.
Katie Yoder writes that 10 cloistered nuns belonging to the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph will be leaving New York City and relocating to a 13-acre property in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania. The community plans to build a
Since the early 1900s, Carmelites in Milwaukee have been serving the community. For many years, that looked like a residential treatment center for adjudicated boys. But when that closed in 2017, the sisters turned to the community to see what other needs