Discalced Carmelities

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Does anyone happen to know anything much about this order of the Carmelites?

I recently found out that a very helpful priest I used to consult with was a member of this "order" or whatever it is. Seems he was going to become a monk at one time but ended up becoming a Catholic priest instead.

http://www.discalcedcarmelites.ie/

He was from Ireland and ... I think he got himself Ratzingered out of the priesthood as there were a lot of very untrue rumors about him floating around and he became disgusted and retired when Ratzinger was the pope not that I blame him one bit.

In any event, this particular priest gave three books to a friend of mine and she did not want them which is quite odd as all of the books are about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a discalced Carmelite nun that I had attempted to have a discussion with him about before he "retired" so to speak. I'm not familiar with the word discalced, how about anyone else here?

I've spent the last couple of days reading these books and find them to be very interesting. However, I'm trying to figure out what the three miracles are that led to her being beautified a saint c. 1900 or so. It seems she had a sister that was also a nun and now the Church wants to make a saint out of her as well.

Any insight to any of these issues/persons would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[TexasTowelie]

1. Discalced means "barefoot" or only wear sandals so that the feet remain uncovered.

There is a Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites

For Saint Thérèse see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux .

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2. Thank you TexasTowlie!

I never saw the priest with bare feet but, he did comment on the raggedy old red socks I had on more than once!

As for St. Saint Thérèse, I think I need to dig deeper on the subject of this nun that was named a Doctor of the Church by the Pope John II.

Thanks again!

[Nitram]

3. The literal meaning is "barefoot" but...

...in Catholicism it refers to entering an order with particular rules (such as going barefoot or taking a vow of silence).

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4. Hmmm

He must have taken a vow of some sort. I do not know what it is/was. I find this to be quite odd as I never knew anything about this.

That said, he is a fine man, a great priest and to this day it saddens me greatly the way he was ousted.

Thanks for your explanation of this.