1.   A cloistered Carmelite nun in Southern California experiences a prolonged burst of ecstatic illumination.

2.   Carmelite nuns inhabited the five floors of rooms built around a courtyard.

3.   In her early years, Ms. Beltran sang at family gatherings or to the Carmelite nuns who educated her.

4.   Sister Wendy Beckett is a Carmelite nun from Norfolk, England, who has used her decades of seclusion for the intense study of art.

5.   The Carmelite nuns had been praying for her.

6.   The Catholic Church sparked controversy by locating a monastery for Carmelite nuns at the site.

7.   The Catholic Church sparked controversy by locating a convent for Carmelite nuns at the site.

8.   There are two orders of Carmelite nuns.

9.   Although the debate is longstanding, it became a government problem earlier this month when Carmelite nuns turned the land where the cross stands over to the state.

10.   Earlier this month Carmelite nuns, who had moved out of a convent near the camp, turned the land where the cross stands over to the state.