Today, the Diocese of Fort Worth published a PDF file containing three documents regarding the Carmelite monastery in Arlington: A statement from Bishop Michael Olson on the suppression of the monastery; a letter from Sr. Simona Brambilla, MC, secretary of...
The by turns troubling, saddening, and hilarious saga of the Arlington, Texas Carmel—Black Narcissus on the range—has taken a new turn. The Carmelites, after a long canonical and civil legal battle against Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson, have reportedly affiliated...
In recent days, there has been more troubling news regarding the nuns of the Arlington Carmelite Monastery. In a statement to the Diocese of Fort Worth, dated July 18, 2023 and posted on the diocesan website, Bishop Michael F. Olson...
There have been some new developments in the ongoing controversy surrounding the Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas. Earlier this week, a decree dated April 30 from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL)...
[Updated] Marissa Greene of Fort Worth Report has reported that the Arlington Carmelites have withdrawn their request for a restraining order against Bishop Michael Olson and officials from the group of monasteries to which they belong, the Association of Christ...
I have spent much of the past week following the latest developments in the ongoing drama between the embattled Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth. I also took some time to look back at...
Regarding the ongoing standoff between Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth and the Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, which I reported on yesterday, it did not take long for the cloistered Carmelite community to respond to the documents from the...
UPDATE APRIL 20: The Arlington nuns respond. Yesterday, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL) published a decree regarding the Most Holy Trinity monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Arlington, Texas, entrusting them...
According to multiple news reports, testimony was heard yesterday in the case of Bishop Michael Olson and the Arlington nuns in civil court. As we reported earlier this month, the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy...
This week on the Debrief, Dominic and I give an update on Pope Francis’s condition following surgery, and his meditation on St Therese. We discuss the disconnect between the US Church and the rest of the world. Finally, We discuss...
Thursday morning, a reader sent me the latest update from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about an ongoing public conflict between a bishop and a group of cloistered nuns in Texas. For those who haven’t been following the story, the dispute...
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