The Discalced Carmelites of the city of Arlington announced on September 14, through a statementwho claimed to have “rediscovered the wealth of immemorial liturgical tradition of the Church”, joining the ranks of the Pius XII Priestly Fraternity. The case is similar to the Belorado schismatics and everything lies in the traditionalists’ rejection of the Second Vatican Council.
The origin: the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The Order of Carmelites is a catholic religious order emerged in the 12th century made up of a group of people who chose to profess a life lonely and asceticleaving behind life with the rest of society (called hermits). People influenced by the prophet Elijah who went to live on Mount Carmel, in the mountain range of Israel, above the Mediterranean Sea, removed from society.
The reform of the Order: that of the barefoot Carmelites.
The reform O.C.D. (in Latin: Order of the Discalced Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel) they formed it Saint Teresa of Jesus y Saint John of the Cross in the 16th century. This sought the same tradition as that of the hermits of Mount Carmel, a life poor and simple centered on God. It was after founding the first convent of Discalced Carmelites in the city of Ávila that she had the support of the bishop Alvaro de Mendoza.
66th anniversary of the Barefoot Carmelites of Arlington.
The Barefoot Carmelites of Arlington are now celebrating their 66th anniversary since the Fort Worth Carmel Foundation (whose bishop is Michael Olson). ”Divine Providence took the first step, when a New York lawyer sent a donation of $5,000 to the Carmel of Oklahoma City with a letter requesting that this money be used to start a nnew foundation of Carmel”, they say in their Web page.
At the head of the foundation was Mother Mary Magdalene who, together with four other nuns, found an old house with views of the río Trinity where they would found the Carmel of the Holy Trinity in October 1958 in the Texas city of Fort Worth. In 1977 they decided to move to Arlington to grow the foundation. ”In collaboration with the nuns, our architects designed a striking building, which is most often described in terms of its beauty and simplicity and its unique combination of the classical and the traditional.”
It was in November 1984 when they left the first monastery and celebrated the transfer to Arlingtonwhere they are currently dedicated to crafts and printing work. ”Praise God for the blessings He has granted us during these many years in the Diocese of Fort Worth,” conclude in the text.