MEET THE SISTERS

SISTER M. CARMELITA

I’m a person who would rather “be the story” then put my story on paper. However, when I was asked to write my vocation story, I jumped to the opportunity because I am anxious to share the happiness that I have found, serving our Lord, in Carmel with others. I am the seventh of thirteen children born to my parents, Leonardo and Christita Torreno. I have eleven brothers; three have died. I also have a sister–my close playmate in our family home...read more

 

SISTER ANNE MARIE, CARMEL DCJ

My religious vocation didn’t begin with me. The first hint that God had something special in mind for my family was back in the 1970s. From a respectable Protestant family, my grandmother decided to pursue a degree at a Catholic college. Her studies ended in her conversion, which in turn resulted in the conversion of my grandpa, my mother who was 16 at the time and my aunt. Were it not for that, I doubt I would ever have found the Church on my own, let alone my vocation...read more

 

SISTER M. THERESA MARGARET

One summer afternoon as I was feeling rather happy I went downtown to take the entrance test for the seventh grade when all of a sudden I noticed a convent across the street. Within moments I was ringing the front doorbell of the good sisters. My heart was beating very fast and I was nervous as I decided to ask for information. To my great disappointment, no one was home. Thus, my return trip was not too exciting...read more

 

SISTER SISTER MARIA URSULA INFANTE

I come from a very devote Catholic family. My mother has a great devotion to our Blessed Mother which she also instilled into her children along with the devotion to the Sacred Heart. She told us that she entrusted her children to God the Father and to simplicity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. One of my favorite pastime as a child of five was to play ‘nun’....read more