Joachim Smet, O. Carm.
1987, 164 p. Second printing: 2011.

Historian Joachim Smet, O. Carm. offers a glimpse into Carmelite women's monastic life that spans centuries and continents. Beginning with the affiliation of various individuals and groups, his book takes the reader on a journey through the formation of the first formal monasteries to the successes and struggles of subsequent groups, to the founding of other monasteries beyond European boundaries. Photographs and references complete his account of these cloistered members of the Carmelite family.