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Although the origins of the Carmelite order date back more than 800 years, St. Teresa of Avila is considered to be its founder. She entered the order in the 16th century and was determined to restore it to its former zeal. She established 17 monasteries before her death, but the rst Discalced Carmelites did not arrive in the U.S. until 1790.
In 1930 ve Carmelite sisters came to the Rochester Diocese at the request of Bishop Francis O’Hern and founded a monastery on Rochester’s Saratoga Avenue. A few years later the community moved to East Avenue, and in 1956 it moved into the current monastery in Pittsford.
In 2005 the Rochester and Schenectady Carmelite communities merged. The Schenectady sisters moved into the Pittsford monastery, while the elderly Rochester sisters now reside at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse.
Religious orders
DISCALCED CARMELITES
For a 2015 Mass celebrated
by Bishop Salvatore R. Matano, worshippers lled the newly renovated Chapel of Christ the King at the Carmelite Monastery in Pittsford.
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