On Sunday the 3rd of February, 2013 a Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated for the four hundred years of existence of the community of Carmelite nuns in the Monastery of Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas in Madrid. The solemn liturgy was led by the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm., assisted by the priors provincial of Castile and Aragon and Valencia, Frs. Miguel Angel Perez, O.Carm., and Luis Gallardo Ganuza, O.Carm., along with a number of other Carmelite friars. The Superiors General of the two Spanish congregations of Carmelite women, the Hermanas de la Virgen Maria del Monte Carmelo (HVMMC) and the Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (HCSCJ) were also present with a number of their sisters and various groups of lay Carmelites. In his homily, the Prior General, on behalf of the Order, expressed his gratitude to this community for its fidelity to Carmel and to the Church, throughout these four hundred years, at times in very difficult circumstances, and for its very generous contribution to the founding of communities of Carmelite contemplatives in the Philippines and in the Dominican Republic.

On the occasion of this 4th Centenary the community published a book that contains the history of the Monastery, written by Sr. Maria Magdalena Carretero, O.Carm., and put together a programme of events that will take place throughout the year.