Carmelite Saints and Doctors of the Church

Saint Teresa of Jesus - Doctor of the Church

Virgin and Doctor of the Church, born at Avila, Spain in 1515. As a member of the Carmelite Order she made great progress in perfection and received mystical revelations. As reformer of our Order she underwent many trials which she intrepidly overcame. She also wrote books of the greatest spiritual value which reflect her own experiences. She died at Alba in 1582.

Saint John of the Cross -Doctor of the Church

Priest and Doctor of the Church, John de Yepes was born in 1542 at Fontiveros, Spain and entered the Carmelite Order in 1563. In 1568 he became one of the first friars of the Discalced reform, taking the name John of the Cross. He was an heroic defender of the reform for the rest of his life. He died at Ubeda in 1591, and from that time he has enjoyed great esteem for sanctity and for the spiritual wisdom to which his writings testify.

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face -Doctor of the Church

Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Therese Martin was born at Alencon, France in 1873. At the age of fifteen she entered the Carmel of Lisieux. She practiced heroic humility, evangelical simplicity and trust in God, and taught the novices these virtues by word and example. She offered her life for the salvation of souls and the spread of the faith. After her death in 1897, her “Little Way” of holiness spread around the world.