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| Community Profile |
| Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Canadian Province) |
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| Community Information |
International? | Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Switzerland and Venezuela |
No. in community (professed members) | 22 |
Year founded | 1891 |
Generalate/ motherhouse | Sittard, Netherlands |
Province/federation | Canadian |
Represented in US (Arch)dioceses | Detroit, MI; Gary, IN; Grand Rapids, MI; Jefferson City, MO; Milwaukee, WI; Owensboro, KY; St. Louis, MO; San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA |
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| About Us |
Mission statement/description
The charism of Carmel consists essentially and above all in the following and continuing of the praying Christ in a Marian attitude. This community of sisters follow St. Teresa of Jesus by striving for union with God through a life in which prayer - especially contemplative prayer - as apostolic service in the Church, holds first place, and is the source of their life and activity. The charism of their foundress, St. Teresa of Avila, was to put the contemplative spirit of Carmel into the active service of the direct apostolate. This union of prayer and service is their life and their mission, their gift to the Church and the world. It was the explicit will of their foundress that their apostolate should be carried out in harmony with community life and religious discipline. Therefore they exercise their apostolic works of the missionary apostolate, the Christian upbringing of children and youth, and the care of the aged in houses that are directed by their congregations in Europe, the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and Africa. |
Qualifications for entry
Sound mental and physical health; good judgment and common sense. |
Formation program
Formation consists of postulancy, novitiate, temporary profession, and then permanent profession. |
Age range/limit
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Consider belated vocations?
No |
Belated/late vocations explanation
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Institute on Religious Life, P.O. Box 7500, Libertyville, IL 60048-7500
Tel: (847) 573-8975 - Fax: (847) 573-8960 |
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