September 3, 1929 – September 3, 2024
Mother Angeline’s Journey in Faith
The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm follow the example and vision of their Foundress ministering to Christ in the person of the elderly.
After her childhood spent in Ireland and Scotland, Bridget Teresa McCrory, at the age of nineteen, left for France to become a Little Sister of the Poor.
In 1926, she was assigned to a home for the aged in New York but felt the European customs did not meet the needs of the American elderly. Her efforts at change were not agreed to by her Congregation so she sought the advice of Patrick Cardinal Hayes. To accomplish what she felt God was calling her to do, and with the blessing of the Cardinal, Mother Angeline and six other Sisters made the very difficult decision to withdraw from the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor. They were granted permission from Rome to begin a new Community incorporating Mother Angeline’s ideas.
When established in 1929, The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm was the first American Community of religious women founded solely to care for the aged. Today Carmelite facilities are in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Dublin, Ireland. Our communities offer an array of senior care services, including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living and rehabilitation services.