History Of The
Apostolic Carmel Congregation

The seed of the Apostolic Carmel was sown in the heart of a woman who little realised the greatness of the mission God was entrusting to her. Born as Sophie Leeves, the daughter of an Anglican Minister, she was led by God first to the Catholic faith in 1850 and then to the religious life as a sister of St. Joseph of the Apparition in the following year, where she took the name of Sister Mary Veronica of the Passion. Being sent to India in 1861, she felt an interior call to Carmel, not understanding where it would lead her.

In his book, Dynamics of Faith, Paul Tillich says that often it is in moments of helplessness that we experience the transforming power of grace: Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection of life does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within us as they have for decades, when despair destroys all joy and courage. When grace strikes us in this way, things may not be outwardly better than before, but we know in the depths of our being that God has touched us, and that our time of waiting in hope has not been in vain.

Sr. Nirmalini A.C. Superior General

Journeying with Mother Veronica

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God Alone Suffices

All the beautiful and to be cherished in the Apostolic Carmel is summed up in Marry, Queen of Carmel.....

....whose hidden presence with us as in the early church invites and encourages us to efface ourselves in service in the church, So that more and more the world will come to know god alone suffices.

Apostolic Carmel Congregation

LEADERS

MOTHER MARIE DES ANGES
(1845 to 1909)

MOTHER M. ALOYSIA
(1855 to 1939)

MOTHER M. JOSEPHINE
(1886 to 1963)

MOTHER M. ANNUNCIATA
(1891 to 1936)

MOTHER M. SYLVIA
(1902 to 1977)

MOTHER M. THEODOSIA
(1899 to 1995)

MOTHER M. CARMELITA
(1972 to 1984)

MOTHER MARIELLA
(1984 to 1996)

VERY REV. SISTER M.VINCENT A.C.
(1996 to 2008)

VERY REV. SISTER AGATHA MARY
A.C.(2008 to 2014)

SISTER M. SUSHEELA
A.C.(2014 - 2020)

SISTER MARIA NIRMALINI
A.C.(2020 to -)

CARMEL - A CALL TO PRAYER

To enter the Apostolic Carmel is to enjoy the heritage of Carmel firmly rooted in Prayer; to be drawn to seek God above all things as the single purpose of our lives. Through Prayer and Contemplation, God invites us to receive His message and offers us divine strength to bring His Word to effect in our lives from moment to moment. As we grow in prayer, we become increasingly conscious of our insufficiency and come to the realization that GOD ALONE SUFFICES.

Provincial Superior
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Inspired by the life and example of Mother Veronica, the Carmelite sisters reach out to the people, particularly the youth through education and faith formation in schools, colleges, welfare centres, etc. by employing formal and non-formal techniques.