May is the month of Mary, and how many cherished memories there are around these days honoring Our Blessed Mother as Queen.
WEBSITE NEWS we have continued to add books and other items to our website.
In COMMUNITY NEWS we are remodeling the older portion of the Monastery now that the building is done. Read More….
We come to you this time with an invitation. It is an invitation to pray with us during a novena of Masses being offered from September 7-15. We are asking no favor for ourselves or for anyone. We are having this novena of Masses offered in reparation to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We added a chaplet in honor of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary to our website, and we have finally completely moved into our new building! We also try to answer a frequently made demand from our readers…the vocation stories of the Sisters. Read More….
As we celebrate this, our patronal feast, we are happy to announce that our new building is finished; we only have the work of furnishing it and installing cabinets. We are also continuing to develop our website to offer more sacramental. Read More….
Once again, we greet you during a holy season, a time of special graces, the blessed season of Lent. Let us recall some of the reasons for our penances and fasts and also remember how the Holy Mother Church instructs us to do penances, almsgiving, fasting, and prayer.
We celebrated with great happiness the Simple Profession of Vows of our senior novice. We are continuing to receive vocation inquiries from around the world are still working on our new edition. Read More….
A time-honored and holy custom of Advent is the family Advent wreath. We discuss the meaning behind this Catholic sacramental and how to use it.
The building progress has continued and we are looking forward to an upcoming clothing. One adventure was moving the very heavy outdoor Saint Joseph statue to a more prominent place in the garden. The construction men were happy to help us move St. Joseph to his new home! Read More….
This is the month of the Rosary we take a few moments to speak about the value of this important sacramental.
We also give an update on our building project, which is much needed to house our new vocations. Read More….
Our building project is coming along slowly but surely, and we are grateful it will be finished soon. Our community has grown by two, as we celebrated both a clothing and profession ceremony in the past few months.
Who becomes a Sister? Our answer is that God calls and draws all sorts! The Sisters come from a variety of backgrounds and have a multitude of different personalities. The wonderful thing is to see how Our Lord blends and uses all these personalities and talents for His greater honor and glory. And you would be amazed at how adept He is at that! Read More….
We are happy to share the joyful news of the Reception of the Holy Habit of Mount Carmel. Clothing Day is always a most joyous day, a truly family day and, for the new Carmelite bride, a day of beginning in earnest the life of consecration to Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church. We describe the different parts of the habit and why we wear them, especially the brown scapular.
We designed a new Brown Scapular having all the traditional, time-honored symbols and message of this favored sacramental of Holy Mother Church, including washable woven emblems and 100% wool, and if you do not already own and wear a scapular, we urge you to learn more about it! Read More….
Don’t forget that November is dedicated to the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Our Holy Mother St. Teresa of Avila had many experiences with a soul in Purgatory, and documented the experience in her writings: “The Lord told me that the young man's salvation had been in great jeopardy, but that he had received mercy for the service he had rendered to the Blessed Mother in giving that house to be a monastery of her order; however, that he would not leave purgatory until the first Mass was said there-- that then he would leave. I was so conscious of the grievous afflictions of this soul that even though I wanted to make a foundation in Toledo, I set it aside and hastened as much as I could to found a house in Valladolid...” (Foundations, Chapter 10).
Please be sure to visit our website, which now has a “build your own custom rosary” feature. We have also added Pardon Crucifixes to our selection. Read More….