Blessings Expressions of Faith
Corpus Christi Carmelites
Item No.: SP022
History
The Community originated as a lay Institute (Tertiaries) in Leicester, England, in 1908. In 1919, it spread to Trinidad, British West Indies; in 1920, the Foundress, Mother Mary Ellerker, and two companions went to the United States, and opened the first American house in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1927, the whole group affiliated with the Order of Carmel through the invitation of the Calced Carmelite Fathers of the Chicago Providence. They are now members of the Third Order Regular of Mount Carmel, having obtained their Constitutions and Decree of Praise from Rome, in 1946. The foundress, Mother Mary of the Blessed Sacrament (Ellerker) died in January, 1949, in Trinidad, B.W.I.
Purpose
The chief aim is to work for the reunion of Christendom by any means in their power; instruction of converts, catechetical work, parish visiting, and institutional work for children, adolescents and the aged; all types of social and missionary work.
Training
The six to twelve-month postulancy is followed by a two-year novitiate. The novices then make their profession of temporary vows. Profession of perpetual vows is made after five years in temporary vows. During this time the sisters continue their spiritual formation while taking courses toward their academic degrees. The sisters return to the novitiate three months before they make their perpetual vows.
Qualifications
• Age: 16 to 30.
• Completion of high school is preferred.
Habit
The traditional habit of carmel—brown tunic and scapular, black veil, white mantle—slightly modified. The white mantle is worn on the streets in the tropics; for chapel and ceremonious occasions elsewhere.
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