The Vatican now considers the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington “extinct,” according to a Dec. 2 statement published by the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. The Dicastery for Institutes ...

Flowers sit at the gate to the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, where the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington live and pray, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Supporters of the sisters placed the ...

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Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, announced on Monday that the Vatican had issued a decree of suppression to forcibly close the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in ...

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an ...

A Texas bishop has urged Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with or financially support a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns who recently announced a formal association with ...