Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

The Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history that ...

The SSPX is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status. Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa ...

ARLINGTON — The Carmelite nuns in Arlington have transferred ownership of their expansive wooded monastery to a new foundation amid an ongoing dispute with the Catholic Bishop of Fort Worth. The ...

Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, announced on Monday that the Vatican had issued a decree of suppression to forcibly close the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in ...

The Rev. Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity has filed a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Olson and the Diocese of Fort Worth. The legal battle between the ...

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