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Read article in Catholic Standard Newspaper, November 25, 2025

At Port Tobacco’s Carmel, the faithful gather to venerate the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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Read article in Catholic Standard Newspaper, November 13, 2025

Carmelite Nuns of Port Tobacco to welcome relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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Read article in Our Sunday Visitor Newspaper, May 30, 2025

‘A little heaven on Earth’: St. Thérèse relics tour US in 2025

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Read article in the Arlington Catholic Herald Newspaper, February 13, 2025

Fredericksburg woman begins new life as a cloistered nun

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Watch our Chapel Dedication ceremony held on April 21, 2024
with Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Auxillary Bishop of Washington
The Dedication of the New Sanctuary at the Carmel of Port Tobacco, MD 

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Read article in Our Sunday Visitor Newspaper, October 6, 2023

Carmelite nuns add something new to oldest U.S. monastery

Detachment, if practiced perfectly, includes the other two necessary virtues, love of others and true humility.
— St. Teresa of Avila