The Discalced Carmelites, formally the Order of the Discalced Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel or the Order of Discalced Carmelites, is a mendicant order in the Roman Catholic Churc
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), Doctor of the Church and co-founder of the Discalced Carmelites
Discalced Carmelites from Argentina
A Discalced Carmelite and a novice outside their convent in Zarautz, the Basque Country (Spain)
Monastery of Discalced Carmelites in Czerna, Poland
Edith Stein was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered in the gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp on 9 August
Discalced Carmelites
…in their steps, such as Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Teresa of Jesus of the Andes, and martyrs such as Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, and the sixteen Martyrs of Compiegne. Other lights include Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection and Père Jacques de Jesus. Fraternity, service, and…
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1938–39
Edith Stein Student at Breslau
Icon in Bad Bergzabern. The scroll shows a quote from her works: "The innermost essence of love is self-offering. The entryway to all things is the Cross"
Memorial to Edith Stein in Stella Maris Monastery, Haifa, Israel