The Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
A Roman Catholic religious community that follows the unmitigated observance of the ancient Carmelite charism in its contemplative form.
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This community of Carmelite hermits live a hidden life of silence and prayer and separation from the world for the good of the Church. Hermits of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
Who are the Hermits? — Carmelite Hermitage
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel were founded in 1987 as an eremitical community within the ancient Order of Carmel.
Mount Carmel Hermitage Hermit Life Religious Vocation - Carmelite hermits
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel are a community of men called to a life of silence, solitude, prayer, and penance for the good of the Church and the salvation of the world. The hermits live in a Laura, a colony of Hermits living in separate dwellings around a central chapel, following the original Carmelite rule.
Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel [1] [2] is a branch of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, who originated as hermit monks and have been mendicant friars since the 13th century.
The Carmelites – Order of Carmelites
What is the Carmelite family? A group of hermits gathered together in the early 1200s on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land to search for God, to form community, and to help pilgrims and crusaders. From these simple beginnings the Carmelite Order has spread throughout the world and has grown many branches.
Carmelite Hermits
Put simply, each and every Carmelite is a hermit! The genius of the seraphic doctors Ss. Teresa and John consists in their ability to formulate a way of life that is solitary, yet lived in a family united by bonds of fraternal charity.
Carmelite Hermitage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel were founded in 1987 as an eremitical community of Carmelites within the ancient Order of Carmel. We lead a semi-eremitical, semi-communal form of life, based upon the Carmelite Rule …
The Ancient Observance — Carmelite Hermitage
the hermits fast every day from the feast of the exaltation of the cross until easter, excepting sundays and major feasts. on sundays and major feasts, the community has an hour of adoration of the blessed sacrament with benediction. all meals are taken in silence.
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The Carmelite Order began with hermits on Mount Carmel and then due to historical circumstances moved away to become mendicants. However, the eremetical vocation remained as part of their story so that in every age we find people called to the eremetical life who know that Carmel is their spiritual home.