The Philadelphia Carmel was virtually on its way out, down to three active nuns in its tiny community. Then on July 25 the cloistered sisters received a boost of 10 fresh faces from Valparaiso, Nebraska, and Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
These young women were established members of the two Carmelite communities, but the monasteries they traveled from have been experiencing such an ongoing surge in vocations that they were able to each spare a few sisters, in order to make room for new aspirants to their own communities.