Religious reformer and mystic St. Teresa of Ávila lived from 1515-1582. The Spanish nun was instrumental in the reform of the Carmelite Order. She came into the world into a family of the petit ...

Throughout human history, in times of confusion, upheaval, and seemingly revolutionary change in society and within the Church, the human condition always remains the same — which is why the writings ...

Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a ...

ALBA DE TORMES, Spain (AP) — They lined up to see her, silent and wonderstruck: Inside an open silver casket was Saint Teresa of Ávila, more than 440 years after her death. Catholic worshippers have ...

As a child, I loved clouds. I would spend lazy summer afternoons on my back in the grass in my parents’ front yard under a massive maple tree watching the clouds float by and my siblings and I would ...

'I'm like, not again!' said one parishioner of the historic St. Teresa of Avila Church, who moved there after her previous church in the neighborhood was closed. NEW YORK (RNS) — Around 20 ...

The St. Teresa of Avila Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a nonprofit organization that helps those living in poverty, was awarded a $20,000 Systemic Change Grant from St. […] ...

St. Teresa of Avila Italian Feast Dinner will take place from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 15, at the St. Teresa of Avila Parish Life Center, 1878 Abbe Road in Sheffield Village. Tickets are $15 each and ...

A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened last month for research – and the condition of her body stunned those who found her. In an Aug. 28 press release translated from Spanish to ...