Founded in Italy, the institute of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the labour of Maria Scrilli, known as the Servant of God; Sr. Maria Teresa of Jesus, born in Montevarchi, Italy, Maria always possessed a marked tendency toward prayer and a powerful connection to the Carmelite devotion to spirituality. She felt the calling of the Lord and overcame many obstacles to at last fulfill her passion to become a Carmelite Sister.Maria`s love for the Blessed Virgin Mary guided her as she formally dedicated the foundation of her Institute on October 15, 1854. She shared her contemplative and apostolic ardour with the Sisters who followed her.The Sidney Ledson Institute curriculum is designed to create this same neural enrichment in the minds of ordinary children. Several activities are used to achieve this goal. Traditionally, early reading instruction was the principal method used to assure lofty intelligence. Preschool reading therefore plays a prominent role in the Institute program. The mind-expanding power of the Sidney Ledson reading program is well known and well-documented. However, other intelligence-raising activities used at the Institute are less well known. Here are a few. more... See more text