In Loving Memory of Juan Toscano Jr
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In Loving Memory of Juan Toscano, Jr., please consider a donation to the St. Teresa De Ávila Order of Carmelite Nuns, Pontevedra, Spain.
All donations received will be sent to the order.
The St. Teresa De Ávila Carmelite Nuns adopted the lifestyle of itinerant preachers alongside other orders of friars such as the Dominicans and Franciscans.
In 1535 St Teresa of Avila entered one of these monasteries in Spain. The community had grown large, and Teresa recognised that some of the original Carmelite ideals had become lost. In 1562 she established a new house of just 13 nuns (although this was later increased to 21). They were to live as a small community of friends entirely dedicated to prayer, silence and solitude.
Over the next twenty years Teresa founded another 16 of these monasteries. She visited them regularly and wrote several books outlining her understanding of prayer and how the nuns should live.
After Teresa’s death in 1582, her reform spread across Europe and the New World, and Teresian Carmelite monasteries are now found throughout the world. Times and conditions have changed, but Teresa’s basic vision has proved to be as relevant in the 21st century as it was five hundred years ago. It is this life that the Carmelite nuns live today.
In 1622, forty years after her death, St. Teresa was canonized by Pope Gregory XV
All donations received will be sent to the order.
The St. Teresa De Ávila Carmelite Nuns adopted the lifestyle of itinerant preachers alongside other orders of friars such as the Dominicans and Franciscans.
In 1535 St Teresa of Avila entered one of these monasteries in Spain. The community had grown large, and Teresa recognised that some of the original Carmelite ideals had become lost. In 1562 she established a new house of just 13 nuns (although this was later increased to 21). They were to live as a small community of friends entirely dedicated to prayer, silence and solitude.
Over the next twenty years Teresa founded another 16 of these monasteries. She visited them regularly and wrote several books outlining her understanding of prayer and how the nuns should live.
After Teresa’s death in 1582, her reform spread across Europe and the New World, and Teresian Carmelite monasteries are now found throughout the world. Times and conditions have changed, but Teresa’s basic vision has proved to be as relevant in the 21st century as it was five hundred years ago. It is this life that the Carmelite nuns live today.
In 1622, forty years after her death, St. Teresa was canonized by Pope Gregory XV
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Joe Toscano
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Sparta, NJ