This book is one of a series of historical monographs prepared to commemorate the centenary, in 1963, of the establishment of the diocese of Querétaro in Mexico. The author, a priest of the diocese, recounts the story of the convent of Discalced Carmelites from the foundation in 1803 to the present day.
Diocesan chronicles and convent annals (sometimes quite naive) were used for information. The account includes the story of the foundation in 1803, the expulsion of the Carmelites under the Reform Laws of 1857 and 1859, their restoration in 1910, the second expulsion in 1914 because of the Revolution, the dispersion of the members to other houses, particularly to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the re-establishment of the convent once more in 1949.
The simple narrative, not unlike the story of many convents in Mexico, would be of interest largely to the inhabitants of Queretaro.
