Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified (the little Arab) was born of the Baouardy family, Catholics of the Greek Melchite Rite, Abellin in Galilee in 1846. In 1867 she entered the Discalced Carmelites at Pau in France and went with the founding group to the Carmel of Mangalore in India where, in 1870, she made her profession. She return to France in 1872. In 1875 she went to the Holy Land where she built a monastery in Bethlehem and began planning for another at Nazareth. Noted for her supernatural gifts, especially for humility, for her devotion to the Holy Spirit, and her great love for the Church and the Pope, she died at Bethlehem in 1878. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 14, 1983 and canonized by Pope Francis on May 17, 2015.
Photo: Mariam Baouardy, b. 1846 d. 1878 (Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified, Discalced Carmelite nun). The picture was taken in Summer 1875 before her departure to the Holy Land.
