Founder of Indiana Catholic home one step closer to sainthood

Published: 2006-01-23

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (CNS) -- The staff at St. Joseph's Carmelite Home for Girls has certainly witnessed growth in recent years, adding facilities for emergency care and a center for infants and toddlers. The staff is now awaiting news of a possible church honor for the home's founder. Pope Benedict XVI signed decrees Dec. 19 recognizing miracles attributed to the intercession of nine individuals. Among those now ready for beatification is Mother Anna Maria Tauscher, also known as Mother Maria Teresa of St. Joseph. The German-born founder of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus also founded St. Joseph's Carmelite Home for Girls in East Chicago-- one of a number of facilities still in operation that she founded on a trip to America. "We're very, very happy. We've been waiting, we planned, and we were hoping for it," said Carmelite Sister Maria Giuseppe Moxley, chief administrator at the home and provincial superior for her order. "Some of our older sisters knew her, and a couple still remember her."

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