Umyalelo waseKarmeli wavela ekuqaleni konyaka ka-1156 umholi wenkolo yenkolo uBertoldo, esebenzisa ithuba lokuthi amaqembu amadoda asethathe umhlalaphansi emhlabeni ayehlala eNtabeni iKarmeli kusukela ngesikhathi somprofethi u-Eliya, wasungula kanye nabo inhlangano yabangcwabi ababephila impilo yobushiqela.
Leyo nhlangano yathola umthetho onzima kuPope St Albert ngo-1209 kwathi eminyakeni eyalandela yaba yinkolo. Ngemuva kwalokho bathuthela eYurophu ngaphansi kwegama le-Order of the Blessed Virgin yaseNtabeni iKarmeli futhi ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaSimon Stock basakazeka kulo lonke izwekazi elidala. Ngekhulu le-16, uSanta Teresa de Jesús waqala ukuguqula lo mphakathi, ngaleso sikhathi owawusesimweni sokuphumula ngokuphelele, uqala ngodadewabo nokuqhubeka namafriji. Kwakuyigatsha laseKarmeli elamukela ukwenziwa kabusha kukaSanta wase-Avila okwathi, ngemuva nje kokufa kwakhe, wadlulela eNew Spain.
UMYALELO WEKARMELITE UDALULWE EMEXICO
Ngama-ejensi eMarquis yaseVilla Manrique, ephelezelwa nguye futhi ethunywe ngubaba uJerónimo Gracián, amaKarmeli afika e-Ulúa, egibela umkhumbi i- “Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza”, ngoSepthemba 7, 1585, engena edolobheni lase IMexico iyishumi nanye yezenkolo, ngo-Okthoba 18. Lolu hambo oluya e-Indies lwalunobuntu obuqinile bezithunywa zevangeli futhi kwakudingeka benze isisekelo kula mazwe amasha asanda kutholakala.
Baqale banikezwa isizinda seSan Sebastián, indawo yomdabu, ephethwe kuze kube yileso sikhathi ngamaFranciscans, kwathi kamuva baya esigodlweni sabo ePlaza del Carmen.
Ukunwetshwa kwayo ngeNew Spain kwaba kanjena: ePuebla ngo-1586; Atlixco ngo-1589; IValladolid (namuhla iMorelia) ngo-1593; UCelaya ngo-1597; lapho basungula khona indlu yabo yezifundo zenkolo. Balandela uChimalistac, iSan Angel; ISan Luis Potosí, iSan Joaquín, i-Oaxaca, iGuadalajara, i-Orizaba, iSalvatierra, iDesierto de los Leones kanye neNixcongo, endaweni eseduze neTenancingo, zombili izindlu zomhlalaphansi noma "zasogwadule" ezinhloso yazo enkulu kwakuwukuhambisana nemithetho yokuthula umthandazo ongaguquguquki, oqhubekayo, umlindelo, ukwenziwa isikhubekiso okungapheli, ukude ezinjabulweni zomhlaba nasemiphakathini, nokuphila impilo yokwedlula. Isifundazwe sokuqala saleli oda eMexico kwakunguFata Eliseo de los Mártires.
UMYALELO WE-CARMELITE WABESIFAZANE BARE BESE MEXICO
Isigodlo sokuqala sabesifazane sasungulwa edolobheni lasePuebla ngoDisemba 26, 1604 kanti abasunguli kwakungabesifazane abane baseSpain: u-Ana Núñez, uBeatriz Núñez, u-Elvira Suárez noJuana Fajardo Galindo, enkolweni ebizwa ngokuthi u-Ana de Jesús, Beatriz de los Reyes no Elvira de San José ngokulandelana.
Isigodlo sokuqala samaKarmeli eMexico City kwakuyileso seSan José, esasungulwa ngu-Inés de Castillet, enkolweni yase-Inés de la Cruz, okwathi ngemuva kwezinselele eziningi kwadingeka ukuthi ikholise ezinye izindela zeConceptionist ukuba zilandele inguquko yaseTeresia. Ngemva kokushona kuka-Inés, kwadingeka kudlule iminyaka eminingana ngaphambi kokuba isigodlo siphele. Idolobha lasiza ukwakhiwa kwalo ngama-lismona, u-oidor Longoria wahlinzeka ngokhuni lomsebenzi, uNkk. Guadalcazar wanikela ngefenisha nemikhuba kwathi ngo-1616 izindela zakwazi ukuhlala esigodlweni sazo.
Isigodlo sezindela, esasinikezelwe uSanta Joseph, saziwa ngegama likaSanta Teresa la Antigua kanti umqaphi wokuqala kwakunguBeatriz de Santiago, owaziwa njengoBeatriz de Jesús. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, kwasungulwa izigodlo zezindela zaseSanta Teresa la Nueva, iSigodlo SaseNuestra Señora del Carmen eQuerétaro, esaseSanta Teresa eDurango, esomndeni ongcwele waseMorelia neseZacatecas.
UMTHETHO WASE-AUSTERA CARMELITE
Ukubusa kwalolu hlelo, okungesinye sezinto eziqine kakhulu, kunesifungo salo sokuqala sokulalela, bese kuba yileso sobumpofu bomuntu siqu, ubumsulwa nokuvalwa. Ukuzila ukudla nokuzila ukudla nsuku zonke, umthandazo uyacabangisisa, ucishe uqhubeke, uthathe cishe usuku lonke. Ebusuku, akudingeki ukuthi baphazamise ukulala kwabo ngenxa yemiine, ngoba bakwenza ngehora lesishiyagalolunye ebusuku.
Ukwehluleka kwanoma iziphi izifungo ezine kwajeziswa kanzima, kusuka ekukhuzeni phambi komphakathi kuya ekushayweni ngomhlane ogqunu noma ejele lesikhashana noma laphakade.
Ukuze izingxoxo ezikhona zingaphazamisi ukuthula kwezindela, imithetho iyakwenqabela igumbi labasebenzi. Izindebe zezindelakazi kufanele zivalwe futhi zivuleke kuphela ukukhuluma ngezwi eliphansi nezinto ezingcwele noma ukuthandaza. Esinye isikhathi ukuthula kufanele kube okuphelele.
Isigodlo besiphethwe yi-prioress kanye nomkhandlu, ukhetho belukhululekile futhi lungolwesifundazwe futhi kufanele bakhethwe izindelakazi ezinamaveyili amnyama, okungukuthi, labo ababekade bethi eminyakeni emibili eyedlule kanti lesi sikhundla sathatha iminyaka emithathu ngaphandle kokukhethwa kabusha. Inani labezenkolo belingamashumi amabili, i-17 linendwangu emnyama futhi abathathu beneveli emhlophe. Kwakungekho ubugqila ngoba imithetho yayigunyaza ukuthunywa okukodwa kanye ne-sacristan eyodwa.
