The Saints Carmelite Nuns in Faith, Piety, Theology and Art – Past and Present (Universal and Regional Perspectives)
4 November 2026
Online: Google Meet application
The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn and the Pontifical Theological Faculty “Teresianum” in Rome invite you to participate in the 22nd International Warmian Hagiological Seminar entitled “Holy Carmelite Nuns in Faith, Piety, Theology and Art – Past and Present (Universal and Regional Perspectives)”, to be held on 4 November 2026.
The aim of the seminar is to bring together specialists from various research fields in order to collect and exchange knowledge concerning holy Carmelite nuns – the religious cult with which they were or are surrounded, traces of historical and liturgical memory, the charism of holiness and the model of spirituality by which they are distinguished.
The common research question concerns the place and significance of the holy child for the contemporary generation of believers and seekers.
We address our invitation to historians, art historians, musicologists, theologians, sociologists, educators, psychologists, philosophers, as well as other specialists interested in the proposed topic.
Discalced Carmelite Saints:
- St Elizabeth of the Trinity (Catez)
- St Maria Maravillas of Jesus (Pidal y Chico de Guzman)
- St Mary of Jesus Crucified (the “Little Arab,” Miriam Baouardy)
- St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
- St Teresa Margaret of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Redi)
- St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Thérèse of Lisieux)
- St Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Ávila)
- St Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes (Juana Fernández del Solar)
- St Teresa of St Augustine (Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine) and companions of Compiègne
Carmelite (Observant), before the Reform:
- St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi (Mary Magdalene of the Incarnate Word)
Carmelite Sisters (“Calced”) and members of other active Carmelite congregations:
- St Euphrasia Eluvathingal of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (d. 1952)
- Blessed Apolonia Lizárraga and the Martyrs, Carmelite Sisters of Charity (d. 1936)
- Blessed Archangela Girlani (d. 1491)
- Blessed Françoise d’Amboise
- Blessed Joan Scopelli (d. 1494)
- Blessed Joan of Toulouse (Jeanne de Toulouse)
- Blessed Maria Candelaria of Jesus Crucified
- Blessed Maria Fontanella of the Angels (d. 1717)
- Blessed Maria Mercedes Prat
- Blessed Maria Rosa Curcio of the Crucifixion (d. 1957)
- Blessed Maria Teresa of St Joseph Tauscher van den Bosch
- Blessed Maria Teresa Scrilli of Jesus (d. 1889)
In our reflections, it is also appropriate to include the following Discalced Carmelite Blesseds:
- Blessed Anne of St Bartholomew (Anna García)
- Blessed Elias of St Clement (d. 1927)
- Blessed Maria Ángeles of St Joseph (Marciana Valtierra Tordesillas)
- Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist (d. 1949)
- Blessed Maria of Jesus (María López de Rivas)
- Blessed Maria Pilar of St Francis Borgia (Jacoba García Martínez)
- Blessed Maria Sagrario of St Aloysius Gonzaga (Elvira Moragas Cantarero)
- Blessed Maria Felicia of the Most Holy Sacrament (Guggiari Echeverría)
- Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus and St John of the Cross (Eusebia García)
- Blessed Maria of the Incarnation (Barbe Acarie)
- Blessed Anne of Jesus (Lobera)
Those interested in active participation in the seminar are kindly requested to contact us by email at: tdf @ uwm. edu. pl