On 15th October, 2010, the feast of St. Teresa, the first “Carmelite Intercongregational Community” was officially inaugurated at Caririaçu (Ceara, Brazil). The community is formed of 4 sisters: Sr. Edilene of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Jesus (IMCJ), Sr. Rita of the Carmelites of Divine Providence (ICDP), Sr. Zenilda of the Daughters of St. Teresa (a Carmelite inspired Brazilian congregation) and Mrs. Carminha of the TOC.

At the ceremony, Bishops João Costa, O. Carm., Paulo Cardoso, O. Carm., and Fernando Panico, bishop of Crato, the diocese in which the new community is established, all participated. The Provincial of the Province of Pernambuco, Fr. Francisco de Sales, O. Carm., many friars, Carmelite sisters of the various congregations, and many Terciaries, also participated.

This community was born out of a common project after the celebration of the congress on the occasion of the seventh centenary of the Rule, celebrated at Camoçim (Pernambuco, Brazil) in 2007, and it intends to live the centrality of the Rule for the whole Carmelite family. The community has also committed to a project of missionary animation in the region.