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The motherhouse of the congregation is St. Teresa's at Avila-on-Hudson in Germantown, New York. At present, there are approximately 200 Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm who operate 24 homes caring for 5,200 elderly persons.
The Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Spanish: Hermanas Carmelitas de la Caridad de Vedruna; Latin: Institutum Sororum Carmelitarum a Caritate; abbreviation: C.C.V. or C. a Ch.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common.
The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus is a religious institute in the Catholic Church founded by Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (Anna Maria Tauscher) on July 2, 1891, in the Netherlands. [1] Mother Mary Teresa traveled to the United States in 1912 to establish a community in the U.S.
Felisa Urrutia Langarica (1913–1991), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity "Vedruna"; Martyr in defensum mulieribus (Spain – Venezuela) Dora Motroni ( rel. name : Ancilla Maria of the Cross) (1915–1994), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (United States – Italy)
Today, the sisters number 337 and the motherhouse is located in Sparkill, New York. [23] Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Springs - This is a new congregation founded in 2009 with members from the Dominican Sisters of Columbus. The Sisters staff St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Manhattan, and have a convent in Ossining.
The reverend mother has denied the accusations. She oversaw a monastery of Carmelite nuns in Arlington.
Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory (January 21, 1893 – January 21, 1984) was an Ireland-born immigrant to the United States.She was a Roman Catholic religious sister who worked as an advocate for the impoverished elderly, founding a new religious congregation for this purpose, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace will close the Akron motherhouse. Our Lady of the Elms School hopes to buy property.