Category: Carmelite Hermits

Carmelite Hermits: Vestition of Sr. Anne Marie of the Sacred Heart

September 19, 2017
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Things are moving right along for the Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus (aka “the Irish Carmelite Hermits”): On the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross, the Irish Carmelites clothed their first novice, officially marking her passage from secular life to religious: Sr. Anne Marie of the Sacred Heart. In November,…

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Update from the Carmelite Hermits of Ireland

August 15, 2017
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[NB: This post will remain a “sticky” for approximately a week, after which time I will remove the sticky, and the post will fall to its natural chronological order (i.e., posted on August 15); 2 pics of the newly constructed cells have been added to the end of this post on 8/23]   As I notice…

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Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus: Building & Growing

March 15, 2017
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[NB: This post was updated on 3/18 with 3 additional pictures just above the section beginning “Discerning the Call”] The Sodalitium Pianum blog has been tracking the progress of Reverend Mother Irene’s fledgling Irish Carmelite hermitage for the last several months, because we believe -with Archbishop Lefebvre- that contemplatives are critical to the recovery of…

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Victim Adorers: Following in the Footsteps of their Carmelite Predecessors

March 1, 2017
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  Dear Friends- Please take a look at this 2 minute YouTube video showing a convent of pre-Vatican II Carmelite nuns building their convent with their own hands. The Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus are setting out upon much the same path, as they build their new hermitage in Ireland. Please review…

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New Website for the Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus

December 17, 2016
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New Website for the Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus:   http://vahfj.com/   Per Samuel on ABLF3.com: Sister Irene is now Rev. Mother Irene. Her convent now has it’s own website :Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus, O.C.D.Please spread the word and support Rev. Mother Irene with your prayers and donations….

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Carmelite Hermit Nuns Starting Up in Ireland (II)

December 10, 2016
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Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus O.C.D.   On December 2, we reported on the foundation of a new Carmelite hermitage in Ireland, called the Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus, O.C.D., by Sr. Irene (Prioress). Please see this article for more details: http://sodalitium-pianum.blogspot.com/2016/12/victim-adorers-of-holy-face-of-jesus-odc.html Today, I received news that things are progressing…

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Carmelite Hermit Nuns Starting Up In Ireland:

December 2, 2016
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Victim Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus, O.C.D. In early 2003, the world was introduced to Sr. Irene (a Consecrated hermit nun living in the West of Ireland) through the edifying YouTube video “Selling God’s House.”   That video can still be viewed here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kXPuX5RsFc   I was recently inspired to track down Sr….

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