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====Monastic reformer==== Over time, Teresa found herself increasingly at odds with the spiritual malaise prevailing in her convent of the Incarnation. Among the 150 nuns living there, the observance of [[cloister]], designed to protect and strengthen spiritual practice and prayer, became so lax that it appeared to lose its purpose. The daily invasion of visitors, many of high social and political rank, disturbed the atmosphere with frivolous concerns and vacuous conversation. Such intrusions in the solitude essential to develop and sustain contemplative prayer so grieved Teresa that she longed to intervene.<ref group=web name=ocd.pcn.net /> The incentive to take the practical steps inspired by her inward motivation was supported by the [[Franciscan]] priest, [[Peter of Alcantara]], who met her early in 1560 and became her [[Spiritual direction|spiritual adviser]]. She resolved to found a "reformed" Carmelite convent, correcting the laxity which she had found at the Incarnation convent and elsewhere besides. Doña Guiomar of Ulloa, a friend, was granted permission for the project.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Teresa |first=of Avila |url=http://archive.org/details/letterst01tere |title=Letters |date=1919 |publisher=London : Baker |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |pages=1–2}}</ref> The abject poverty of the new convent, established in 1562 and named [[Convento de San José (Ávila)|St. Joseph's (San José)]], at first caused a scandal among the citizens and authorities of Ávila, and the small house with its chapel was in peril of suppression. However, powerful patrons, including the local bishop, coupled with the impression of well ordered subsistence and purpose, turned animosity into approval.<ref name=":1" /> In March 1563, after Teresa had moved to the new convent house, she received [[Papal decree|papal sanction]] for her primary principles of absolute poverty and renunciation of ownership of property, which she proceeded to formulate into a "constitution". Her plan was the revival of the earlier, stricter monastic rules, supplemented by new regulations including the three disciplines of ceremonial [[flagellation]] prescribed for the [[Liturgy of the Hours|Divine Office]] every week, and the [[discalceation]] of the religious. For the first five years, Teresa remained in seclusion, mostly engaged in prayer and writing.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} [[File:TeresaAvila.jpg|left|thumb|Church window at the [[Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa|Convent of St Teresa]]]]
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