Carmelite Staff

NUNO ÁLVARES PEREIRA was born in Portugal on 24th June 1360, most probably at Cernache do Bomjardin, illegitimate son of Brother Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, Hospitalier Knight of St. John of Jerusalem and prior of Crato and Donna Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal. About a year after his birth, the child was legitimized by royal decree and so was able to receive a knightly education typical of the offspring of the noble families of the time. At ...

Known to her family as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, she became the reformer of Carmel, mother of the Discalced Carmelite nuns and friars, "spiritual mother" (as is engraved under her statue in the Vatican Basilica), patron of Catholic writers (from 1965) and Doctor of the Church (1970), the first woman with Saint Catherine of Siena to ever receive this last title. She was born at Avila in Castile, Spain, on 28th March 1515 and ...

The members of the PCM province support a unique process to provide funding for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation OPIC) work in the province. The JPIC commission is tasked by the province to oversee an annual grant allocation process. Currently, a total of $150,000 dollars is allocated for these JPIC grants. These grants address the immediate needs of the poor and support the efforts of those in our communities who combat various kinds of ...