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Category: Martyrs of Compiègne

Witnesses to a Proper Fear

Michael Pakaluk: Is fear, of different kinds, something we should show contempt for, or embrace? Do good ones drive out others that are bad?

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The Carmelites of Compiègne: Martyrs in the Age of Enlightenment

The Carmelites of Compiègne: Martyrs in the Age of EnlightenmentAfter her election as Carmelite prioress in 1786, thirty-four-year-old Mother Teresa of St. Augustine learned of a mysterious document in the monastery’s archive, dated from the previous century. It recorded the strange mystical dream of a partially paralyzed young woman who had lived at the Compiègne monastery for years as a paying guest. In 1694, […]

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