www.carmelite.com The discalced carmelite Friars and Nuns are a religious community within the Catholic Church. Founded in Spain by St Teresa of Jesus (Avila) and St John of the Cross in the sixteenth century as a reform of the twelfth century Carmelite order, to restore the original contemplative and eremitical focus of the order. stteresamargaret.org Saint Teresa Margaret (Redi) of the Sacred Heart, discalced carmelite nun of Florence, Italy, died in 1770. www.icspublications.org ICS Publications: publishing house of Institute of Carmelite Studies, specializing in Carmelite classics by Saints Teresa, John of the Cross, Therese, Edith Stein and others. |