The new Discalced Carmelite monastery will be in northern Cooke County outside of Muenster, about 80 miles north of Dallas, ...

Bishop Michael Olson announced Dec. 2 that the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life gave permission for the new monastery.

The Carmelite nuns have left their home at a Christoval monastery after 35 years. "For decades, the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace ...

The yearlong dispute between a cloistered order of Carmelites and their local bishop — a saga that has included a lawsuit, allegations of adultery and drug use, recordings of the superior's ...

The Rev. Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity has filed a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Olson and the Diocese of Fort Worth. The legal battle between the ...

In direct defiance of a Vatican decree, a Texas monastery of cloistered nuns is asking a judge to grant a restraining order against the parties the Vatican has tasked with overseeing the monastery — ...

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ARLINGTON (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Days after reopening the gates of their Arlington monastery to supporters, the Carmelite nuns wrote that they forbid Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson from coming onto the ...

The Catholic Church has declared a North Texas order of nuns "extinct" after conflict including accusations that a nun broke her vow of chastity with a priest — via email and video chat. The Vatican ...

The Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity have dropped their request for a temporary restraining order against Bishop Michael Olson and the National Association of Christ the King.

Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, who lives and works at an Arlington monastery, has filed a restraining order against Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson and other Catholic officials. Matthew Bobo / ...

Defiant Texas Nuns Seek Restraining Order Against Bishop, Carmelite Association If the District Court of Tarrant County grants the monastery’s request, it would prevent Bishop Olson, the president of ...