The concrete walls of the Carmelite Monastery between Highland Park and the sprawling cemeteries nearby are not only high and lined with barbed wire, but they’re also additionally protected with ...

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The Holy See decree follows the dismissal of the former nuns in October by their superior after a series of disagreements with the local bishop. Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery ...

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 ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 103-year-old carmelite monastery in North Buffalo is officially ...

New Orleans businessman Sidney Torres IV has purchased the former Carmelite Monastery on the edge of the French Quarter and plans to develop the walled complex into a mix of residential and commercial ...

The archdiocese of Philadelphia voiced joy and gratitude for 10 young Discalced Carmelite nuns and a new chaplain who have recently transferred to the local Carmelite monastery. "The support provided ...

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 ...

HOLLADAY, Utah — On eight acres of land in Holladay sits the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monastery, a little-known sanctuary for the nuns who live and worship there. It's where just 11 ...

The Carmelite Monastery in Stanton still dominates the town from a hill on an otherwise flat West Texas landscape. Construction of the two-story monastery began in 1882, soon after six Carmelite ...