Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

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Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

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Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Saint Teresa of the Andes

Juanita Fernandez Solar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1900. She died at the Carmel of Los Andes in the year 1920 after less than a year of religious life . She is a model saint for young people. Her feastday is July 13.

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Saint Teresa of the Andes

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family in Breslau, Germany in the year 1891. A brilliant philosopher, she converted to Catholicism at the age of 31 and entered the Carmel of Cologne in 1933. She suffered martyrdom at the hand of the Nazis in 1942. Her feastday is August 9.

Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart

Teresa Margaret was born in Italy in 1747 to the noble Redi family, and died in the year 1770 at the age of 23. Her body lies incorrupt at the Carmel in Arezzo, Italy. She was especially devoted to the concept "God is Love." Her feastday is September 1.

Saint Maravillas of Jesus

Maravillas, whose name means "marvelous", was born in Madrid, Spain in the year 1891. She entered Carmel in 1919 and founded 11 Carmelite monasteries faithful to the traditions of St. Teresa of Jesus in both Spain and India before her death in 1974. She is the most recently canonized Carmelite saint (2003). Her feastday is December 11.

Saint Maravillas of Jesus

This icon comes from the Carmelite Monastery of Nuns in Harissa, Lebanon. It is entitled "Transparency in Transmission". Saint Maravillas is shown holding a medallion of Our Lord Jesus Christ over her heart, revealing her intimate relationship with the Word Incarnate. Her right hand is lifted up as a sign of her intercession for all humanity. The Blessed Virgin and Child appear in the upper right, and the blue circle in the upper left symbolizes the divinity of God hidden in the night of faith.

Saint Maravillas of Jesus

Saint Maravillas is shown as a young Nun holding a book bearing the shield of the Discalced Carmelite Order. The famous statue of the Sacred Heart (located in Cerro de Los Angeles, Spain, the site of her first foundation) can be seen in the background.

Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified

Mariam Baouardy was born in Galilee in 1846. She entered a Carmel in France and returned to the Holy Land to found a monastery in Bethlehem. She was helping to plan another foundation in Nazareth when she died at the Bethlehem Carmel in 1878. Her feastday is August 25.

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Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

A special icon of the holy Patroness of the Carmelite Order. This Van Orr image features Jesus and Mary in the traditional posture. Our Lady, Queen of Carmel, holds the brown scapular in her right hand. Her feastday is celebrated on July 16.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

This icon comes from the Carmelite Monastery of Nuns in Harissa, Lebanon. Our Lady is depicted with the Christ Child in her womb as she extends her hands in prayer, offering the brown scapular to all her children. Mount Carmel appears in the background. Her feastday is celebrated on July 16.

The Holy Face

The Holy Face of Our Lord from the Shroud of Turin. This has long been a special Carmelite devotion.

Blessed Marie of the Incarnation

Known in the world as Barb Acarie, this French wife and mother labored untiringly to bring the Discalced Carmelites into France.  She entered the Carmel after the death of her husband and died in Pontoise in 1618. Her feastday is April 18.

Blessed Mary of the Angels

Blessed Mary was born in Turin, Italy in 1661 and died there in the Carmelite Monastery of St. Christina in 1717. Undergoing continual spiritual trials, she always remained faithful in her deep love for God. Her feastday is December 16.