CLOISTER LIFE LESSONS

Discalced Carmelite Sisters Mary Grace Melchior, Marianna So, Marie Cecile Franer, Susanna Choi and Christine Rosencrans kneel in prayer at the Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph in Terre Haute, Ind., during an Oct. 10, 2015, Mass to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila, foundress of their order. (CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)