Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth announced on Monday that he received a decree of suppression last week from ...

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, known as a group within the Catholic Church ...

T he Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history ...

Courtesy of Mark Miller The monastery didn't allow many visitors, and those that did come were separated by metal grilles The Carmelite nuns are a cloistered and ascetic order, living largely in ...

A vocation to the consecrated life is a specific call from God to a specific person. It is real. It is compelling. It is an invitation. The same invitation given to the apostles – “Come, follow Me.” ...

Mother' as she is lovingly known, took the final vows of her religious profession on October 15, 1959, having entered the convent as a novice in 1957. During her fifty years in the Carmelite Convent, ...

Do you thirst for divine intimacy with God and apostolic ministry? As Discalced Carmelite Friars, we strive to live a zealous life of Allegiance to Jesus for the salvation of souls. We are called to ...

The last Carmelite priest to live and serve at Balluta’s Carmelite church, Fr Joe Saliba, has described his “great pain” as the community departs after 165 years. The move comes amid a ...