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The Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia is located about a mile away from my childhood home.  Yet, I never stepped into it's doors, or even thought of doing so, until I was 24 years old.  That year, the relics of St. Therese' were brought to the Monastery as part of a wold tour that began in 1995.  I worked at a Catholic School as a teacher, and one of my co-workers wanted to go and see the … [Read more...] about Visiting the Carmelite Monastery