Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Represented in Stain Glass Windows

Mary Magdalen de'Pazzi carmelite mystic and saint

		Cloister Windows Carmelite Monastery Boxmeer, The Netherlands Testimony to the Flemish Carmelites who made the Boxmeer foundation in 1652, the eighteen stained-glass windows include one dedicated to Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi. >>
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		Carmelite Monastery of Enclosed Nuns Machakos, Kenya The monastery chapel was dedicated on August 6, 2006, the Feast of the Transfiguration, and contains four large windows of Carmelite saints, one of which is Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi.   >>
Curator: William J. Harry, O. Carm.

On 16 July 2001, the foundation stone of the new monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Machakos, Kenya, was laid and blessed by bishop Urbanus Kioko. Present at this simple but significant ceremony for Carmel in Africa were the Ambassador for Spain and his wife, the secretary of the Apostolic Nuncio for Kenya, some twenty priests of the diocese of Machakos and from other dioceses and about 200 lay persons.

For the last two years and until the new monastery is ready, the nuns are living in a house of the diocese made available to them by the bishop. This house lacks the facilities required for an enclosed community and is far too small for the growing numbers of vocations. At present there are five solemnly professed nuns, two Spanish (Srs. Maragarita and Magdalena) and three Kenyans (Srs. Winifred, Christine and Grace), two postulants and one aspirant. The building of the new monastery will be in phases and will proceed as and when donations permit. Those who would like to contribute to this project may contact