Lucía Caram

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Lucía Caram
Sor; Lucía Caram
	Lucía Caram in 2015
Personal details
Born	María Lucía Caram; 21 October 1966 (age 58); Tucumán, Argentina
Denomination	Catholicism
Residence	Manresa, Spain
Profession	Tweeting

Sor Lucía Caram Padilla (born 21 October 1966) is a Dominican Order nun, chef, writer, and presenter. She is Argentine, and currently resides in Spain.

Biography

Lucía Caram was born in Tucumán, the fifth of seven siblings, to a family of Lebanese descent.^[1] She was educated at a religious school.

During the dictatorship in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, Tucumán was punished by military repression, and she says that "it was then when [she] encountered people's suffering and the question of why there is violence. That was the first seed of [her] vocation."^[2]

Lucía Caram has lived in Spain for 27 years and resides in the Convent of Santa Clara de Manresa in Barcelona, where she promotes interreligious dialogue.^[3]^[4] She is the promoter of the Fundación Rosa Oriol, which serves 1,400 disadvantaged families.^[5]

She sparked outrage and received death threats after saying that Mary, mother of Jesus was not a virgin.^[6]^[7]

In March, 2022, Caram, O.P. drove 3,725 miles in a minibus over 4 days from her Convent of Santa Clara de Manresa in Barcelona, to Romania’s northern border with Ukraine to give assistance to refugees arriving from the country under attack. She helped 6 refugees (3 women and 3 adolescents) and 3 Ukrainian families. ‘I spent some restless nights wondering how I might help’ lamented the nun who is caring for a mother and child from Ukraine with the help of 17 lay volunteer couples.^[8]

In March, 2023, Carams brought humanitarian aid and returned home with refugees or wounded soldiers. “Now after 18 trips, I see that Ukraine has lost one or two generations. You go to the cemetery, and you see the graves multiply every time. I am struck by this,” she said. In her May 24, 2023 visit to Pope Francis she discussed about her project to provide field hospitals to Ukraine.^[9]

On Mar 13, 2024, Caram and Religión Digital met Pope Francis at the Paul VI Hall, (la auletta) who advised:“Do not lose hope. Continue fighting for this living Church and making it known.”^[10]

Television

She collaborates on the program Las mañanas de Cuatro. She also has a recipe show on the Spanish Cooking Channel [es], Sor Lucía.^[11]^[12] This program is also broadcast for Latin America by El Gourmet [es].^[13]

Awards and recognitions

In 2006, she received the Àlex Seglers Memorial Prize in recognition of her activity in ecumenism, such as the creation of the Interreligious Dialogue Group in Manresa and her participation in the Second Catalan Parliament's Committee on Religions in 2006.^[14]

In 2015, she was given the Catalan of the Year Award, a prize that is granted by a vote from the readers of El Periódico de Cataluña and the viewers of the TV3 program Els matins [es; ca].^[15]

Books

1995, Vive tu fe ¡El Catecismo en crucigramas! (ISBN 978-84-85803-59-0)
1997, El Evangelio en crucigramas (ISBN 978-84-89761-79-7)
2000, Nueva oración de los fieles I (ISBN 978-84-8407-096-2)
2000, Nueva oración de los fieles II (ISBN 978-84-8407-097-9)
2012, Mi claustro es el mundo
2014, Estimar la vida (ISBN 978-84-16154104)
2014, A Dios rogando (ISBN 978-84-15880-82-0)
2014, Amar la vida y compartirla
2015, Sor Lucía se confiesa (ISBN 978-84-16256-78-5)
2015, Las recetas de Sor Lucía Caram (ISBN 9788416245000)

References

^ Bernad, Concha (5 March 2015). "Las recetas de Sor Lucía Caram" [The recipes of Sister Lucía Caram]. Cocina y Aficiones (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ Erbiti, Juan Tomás (30 September 2014). "Sor Lucía: la "novicia rebelde" que cocina en Elgourmet" [Sor Lucía: the "rebel novice" cooking at Elgourmet]. Clarin (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ de Ahumada, Laia (2011). Monjas [Nuns] (in Spanish). Barcelona: Fragmenta Editorial. p. 89. ISBN 978-84-92416-48-6.
^ Cano, Carlos G. (1 April 2014). "Sor Lucía Caram: "El flan de leche condensada puede ser mi perdición"" [Sor Lucía Caram: "Flan with condensed milk may be my downfall"]. Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Historia de la Fundación Rosa Oriol y sus proyectos sociales" [History of the Rosa Oriol Foundation and its social programs.]. fundaciorosaoriol.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 February 2017.
^ Jones, Sam (2 February 2017). "Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ Govan, Fiona (1 February 2017). "Spanish nun sparks outrage with suggestion that Virgin Mary may have had sex". The Local. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ O-Connel, Gerard (March 10, 2022). "Meet Sister Lucía Caram, the nun who drove 4,000 miles in a weekend to save Ukrainian refugees". America. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ O'Connel, Gerard (May 26, 2023). "What an Argentinian nun has seen on the frontlines of Ukraine after 18 trips". America. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ Silva, Walter (March 14, 2024). "Controversial Sister Lucía Caram and Religión Digital team meet with Pope Francis". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ Gabriol (19 February 2015). "Las recetas de Sor Lucía Caram" [Recipes by Sor Lucía Caram]. contalentoTV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Nun Gets Cooking Show And Shoots To Reality TV Stardom: Sister Lucia Caram Shares Classic Recipes". HuffPost. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Sor Lucía" (in Spanish). El Gourmet. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Sor Lucía Caram es distinguida con el Primer Memorial Àlex Seglers" [Sr. Lucia Caram is distinguished with the Àlex Seglers Memorial Prize]. Sabadell ten (in Spanish). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Sor Lucía Caram gana la 15ª edición del premio Catalán del Año" [Sor Lucía Caram wins the 15th Catalan of the Year Award]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 April 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2017.