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History of Cleveland Carmel
See also: History of the Order

2023

Carmel of the Holy Family

celebrates 100 years of prayerful presence in the Diocese of Cleveland.


Bishop Martin Amos

blessed the monastery on February 23, 2020.

2020

2019

The Cleveland Carmelites moved

to the current monastery on Arlington Road in Cleveland Heights May 9, 2019.


Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

is canonized by Pope Francis.

2016

2015

Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified

is canonized by Pope Francis.


Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

is canonized by Pope John Paul II.

1998

1997

Saint Therese of Lisieux

is proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II.


Saint Teresa of the Andes

is canonized by Pope John Paul II.

1993

1982

The members of Cleveland Carmel

create a record and songbook entitled: The Lord Is My Song, original song compositions based on psalms and the writing of Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross.


Heights Community Congress had its first home at Cleveland Carmel.

HCC was founded to insure that Cleveland Heights would be a welcoming and open community for all people.

1972

1970

Cleveland Carmel joins other Carmelite monasteries

to form what is now known as (CCA) Carmelite Communities Associated in response to Vatican II.


Members of Cleveland Carmel form The Association of Contemplative Sisters (ACS)

with other contemplative women religious.

1969

1962

A monastery was built on the property of the White Estate

located on Fairmount Boulevard in Cleveland Heights.


Four sisters from Cleveland Carmel

make a foundation in Kitchner, Canada.

1952

1951

The Cleveland Community sent nuns

to strengthen the Nairobi, Kenya, Carmel.


Cleveland Carmelites move to the White Estate

located on Fairmount Boulevard in Cleveland Heights.

1935

1933

Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) entered the Carmel in Cologne, Germany.

Edith read Saint Teresa of Avila's Life and exclaimed that she had found truth. Her life and death give witness that love conquers hate and evil and that the Cross is the symbol of that triumph.


Pope Pius XI proclaimed Saint Therese

the universal patron of the Missions.

1927

1926

Saint John of the Cross is declared

a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XI.


Second move of the Cleveland Carmelites to Saint Clair Avenue

Saint Theresa of Lisieux is canonized a saint.

1925

1923

Six sisters from Saint Louis Carmel made a foundation in Cleveland, OH.

Cleveland Carmel is the "granddaughter" of the historic Baltimore Carmel. The community's first home was located on Lakeview Road in Cleveland.