The convent of the Incarnation (La Encarnación) is at Avila, Spain. It was in this convent that our Holy Mother St. Teresa of Avila, after much soul-searching during her teen years, first entered the Carmelite convent in 1535. She entered this Carmelite convent on November 2, 1535. Her mother died in 1529, and, despite her father's opposition, Teresa entered the Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation.
At that time it was known as Monasterio de la Encarnación or Monastery of the Incarnation.
But After many tribulations and heart-searching St Teresa (born in 1515), left the Incarnation on 24th August 1562 to found St. Joseph's, a new monastery as per her plans.
The convent of the Incarnation was a large convent of over 150 nuns which was poorly managed. So After 26 years she was inspired by God to found her own convent.
Recent studies have shown that at the time of St Teresa's entry the Incarnation numbered among eleven Carmelite monasteries for nuns in Spain.
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