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The Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, San Francisco, 2. #124946278
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From Carmel of Caravaca, Spain, founded in 1576 as the foundation, the Carmel of San Jose, Puebla, Mexico was founded in 1604. Then during Mexico`s Cristero War of 1926-29, was a devastating and brutal war on Catholics and the whole Catholic church. In order just to survive, many fled north to California, including the Carmelite nuns. Their new home and church, established in San Francisco in 1927, and proud to remain bilingual and cloistered.
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