The Episcopal Carmel of Saint Teresa (OCD) is a contemplative community for women in the Episcopal Church and is the first fully

Discalced Carmelite The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...

order in the ECUSA or in the

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. The monastery and its retreat house are located in

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with the support and guidance of the Right Rev. James Shand, Bishop Visitor. As well as being a community for women who are called to the contemplative religious life, the Episcopal Carmel also fosters an ever-growing community of mainly female

oblates In Christianity (especially in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Methodist traditions), an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service. Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally liv ...

and associates of either sex.

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Episcopal Carmel of Saint Teresa
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