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It was out of a desire for Christian reconciliation and inspired by Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council that the Byzantine Carmel was brought to life. Holy Annunciation Carmel's founding Sisters, Mother Marija of the Holy Spirit, Sister Marie Helen of the Cross and Sister Ann of the Trinity (d. 2001) offered their lives for the healing of the Body of Christ with the inauguration of the monastery on 23 February 1977. The Most Reverend Michael Dudick (1916–2007), the Bishop of the Ruthenians of Passaic, New Jersey , assumed the total burden of financial responsibility and assisted the community for years. Father Walter Ciszek, S.J. both guided the sisters in the establishment of this new foundation and introduced the community to Bishop Michael.
In 1999 the community, through an unusual chain of events accepted five young women of the South Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic Church as members. These sister comprise one third of the community and have greatly blessed Carmel by their presence. Bishop Dudick encouraged the assistance of sister Eastern Catholic Church es. SEE ALSO
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