Carmel in the Philippines

The Beginning of the Philippine Carmelites

In 1947, six brave friars from the Washington province came to the Philippines. They were Father Thomas Kilduff; Gabriel Gates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Patrick Shanley of St. Cecilia; Leo McCrudden of St. Isaac Jogues; Andrew Lefebevre of St. Teresula; Herman Joseph Esselman of the Infant of Prague; and Brother Vincent Scheerer. They requested the most destitute parishes of the Prelature of Infanta.

In the heart of the town, the new Discalced Carmelite mission was established. On June 5, 1947, Fr. Silverio of St. Teresa (Vicar General) promulgated the canonical foundation of Infanta as a residence for the friars, making it the first foundation of the Discalced Carmelite friars in the Philippines.

The apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, made an appeal to establish another foundation in the Philippines to the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, Fr. Silverio de Santa Teresa. The Anglo-Irish Carmelite province responded to this request by sending three friars. Thus, both the Carmelites of the Washington Province and the Anglo-Irish Province became the founding missionary friars who started the Carmelite presence in the Philippines.

In October 2015, the Discalced Carmelites in the Philippines officially became the Province of St. Teresa of Jesus. Today, there are 50 solemnly professed friars and eight canonically erected foundations, with Vietnam as its mission territory.

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