Congregation of Our Lady of Mount CarmelUnited States, Philippines, and Timor-Leste

Office of DevelopmentPost Office Box 1160, Lacombe, Louisiana 70445-1160

Telephone: (504) 524-2398 or (985) 882-7577 Fax: (504) 524-5011 E-mail: development@sistersofmountcarmel.org

July, 2015 Dear Friends of Carmel,

As we approach the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during this Year of Consecrated Life, I am reminded of the life of our Foundress, Mother Thérèse Chevrel. An instrument of God, she followed Christ closely to translate the Gospel into a way of life. She read the signs of the times with the eyes of faith, and responded to the needs of the church, founding the Sisters of Mount Car-mel in Louisiana in 1833.

To open the Year of Consecrated Life, the Sisters of Mount Carmel gathered on February 8, 2015 at our Motherhouse in New Orleans and at Saint Leo Convent in Lafayette. We prayed to-gether and gave thanks to Our Loving God whose constant presence upholds the communal jour-ney of the sisters within the loving embrace of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. We gave thanks and paid homage to our Foundress, Mother Thérèse Chevrel, and the members of the Sisters of Mount Carmel who have gone before us. It is their deep dedication and commitment to follow in the foot-steps of Jesus Christ that inspires us to continue the life, the charism, and the community they be-gan. The Sisters of Mount Carmel would never be who we are today without their legacy, as they prepared and paved the way for us.

Looking back at the past with grateful remembrance invites us, the Sisters of Mount Carmel, “to live the present with passion,” as Pope Francis called consecrated men and women to do. As consecrated women this challenges us to assess our fidelity to the mission entrusted to us and to fully live the essential aspects of our consecrated life. As I reflect on this, I am reminded of this passage from Mother Thérèse Chevrel’s Book of Advice to Sister St. John Lefrais, 1879:

“…To love one another means to uphold one another, to help one another, to esteem one another, to make one another happy, to look after one another, to please one another, to sustain one another, to lead one another to heaven.”

Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Motherhouse foyer, New Orleans, LA.

Congregation of Our Lady of Mount CarmelPlease include the following intentions in the prayers/novena of the sisters on the occasion

of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Living in a society with diverse and rich cultures, we constantly encounter diff erent forms of chal-lenge, and this invites us to respond to God’s call to off er a concrete model of community living by rec-ognizing the dignity of each person, to uphold each other with respect, and to acknowledge each other’s unique gift s. Th is makes it possible for us to live in harmony with our sisters and brothers.

Th e Sisters of Mount Carmel strive to live our commitment to radically follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, to be a Carmelite presence in the diff erent ministries to which we are called and to respond to the needs of the people in the mission places where we are present. With enthusiasm we strive to embrace our future with hope!

On this occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I humbly ask you, our Friends of Car-mel, to help me express my heartfelt appreciation to each of these lovely women of Carmel who freely and selfl essly off er their lives in consecration to Christ to help fulfi ll the Mission of the Church, by praying and remembering each one of them with gratitude as you look at their pictures on the next page.

May Our Lady of Mount Carmel bless you with an abundance of her love and protection.

Gratefully in Carmel,

Sister Maria Sheila Undang, O. Carm.Development Director

Happy Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel!

Sr. JudithHebert

Sr. Janet LeBlanc

Sr. Fatima Mouton

Sr. Lawrence Habetz

Sr. Kathy Farrelly

Sr. Christina Marie Griggs

Sr. Catherine Martin

Sr. Laura Melancon

Sr. Robert JosephMier

Sr. EvelynMire

Sr. DonnaGirard

Sr. Frances ThereseMeyers

Sr. Gwen Monahan

Sr. UrsulaDiasselliss

Sr. BartholomewDeRouen

Sr. Barbara NellLaperouse

Sr. LeeFaszold

Sr. Blaise Fernando

Sr. ElizabethFitzpatrick

Sr. Thérèse Grégoire

Sr. GwenGrillot

Sr. ValerieGros

Sr. Germaine Lauzon

Sr. LucieLeonard

Sr. AnneLeonard

Sr. MaryMartin

Sr. Rose Marie Penouilh

Sr. CatherineRiggs

Sr. DenisRodrigue

Sr. Angele Marie Sadlier

Sr. Jane Remson

Sr. MargaretSafford

Sr. Leah Sellers

Sr. Ann Carmel Segura

Sr. Cheryl Scheaffer

Sr. Barbara Breaud

Sr. Lena Collins

Sr. ClareCramer

Sr. Alice Abate

Sr. Camille Anne

Campbell

Sr. Paula Marie Derise

Sr. Joan Broussard

Sr. LibbyDahlstrom

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Sr. RemediosNatonton

Sr. GloriaIbalio

Sr. AdelfaMahilum

Sr. MonicaTeves

Sr. MailynBatocabe

Sr. ElmaCalajatan

Sr. LilibethEspiritu

Sr. BernadineJuarez

Sr. RosalindaLim

Sr. DianaMaquinto

Sr. MaryphilipSurban

Sr. SchieldenTorreda

Sr. RosaFulleros

Sr. HelenOjario

Sr. GinaYabo

Sr. CarlitaPanaligan

Sr. ElizabethTomo

Sr. Andrée Bindewald

Sr. LourdesCalleja

Deonisa Pereira

Marciana Soares

Sr. Naheda Acla

JobelleAlbaniel

AnastaciaLima

MariaSirene

Sr. JulietNaga

Rey-annPontanosa

Sr. CristilynRubio

Sr. Glaiza Granaderos

Natalina Exposto

Rosita Dos Santos

Sr. ElsieVillason

Sr. Odile Theriot

Sr. Teresa Margaret

Toups

Sr. VeraVives

Sr. Maria Sheila

Undang

Sr. Francesca Truxillo

Sr. MargaretWilliams

Sr. Mary EllenWheelahan

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