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Discalced Carmelite Friars - Australian Region (OCD)
http://www.carmelite.com/The Discalced Carmelite Friars and Nuns is a religious community within the Catholic Church. Founded in Spain by St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross in the sixteenth century as a reform of the twelfth century Carmelite order, to restore the original contemplative and eremitcal focus of the order. Official designation is OCD. This site provides information on the Australian Region.
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