Congregation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
A community of Traditional Discalced Carmelites dedicated to living the spirit of the Rule of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, according to the reform by St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross.
Rooted in the timeless teachings of the Catholic Church, our life is centered on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the recitation of the Divine Office, daily prayer, silence, penance, and fraternal charity.
Following the spirit of the Primitive Rule of the Sisters of Mount Carmel, the sisters of our congregation strive to attain the deepest possible union with God by leading a life of recollection, prayer, and complete separation from the world. They offer their prayers and sacrifices for the resolution of the present crisis in the Catholic Church, the conversion of America and of sinners, and the propagation of the Holy Catholic Faith.
The Spirituality
of Mount Carmel
(Excerpt from the Rule)
“The end of our institute is to further the Glory of God by having its members achieve the most intimate union with our Lord Jesus Christ, that they may fulfill the first and main commandment “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.”
Our religious are called to achieve this end, first by having an endearingly filial love to God as our Father, as our Lord Jesus Christ instructs us in the Gospel “Our Father who art in heaven” And secondly, by a heartfelt love to the Blessed Virgin Mary as to our Mother, as our Lord expressly commanded “he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother.” For this reason, and heeding those words from Scripture “forget not the groanings of thy mother” The houses of our institute shall be founded in the devotion and reparation to the Maternal and Immaculate Heart of Mary, seeking fervently to satisfy her request: “You at least try to console Me”
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About our Carmel
2024
Our community is committed to following the holy tradition of the Catholic Church, as practiced for two millennia, receiving the Tridentine Mass, and all the Sacraments according to the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church.
The sisters in our Congregation strive to follow the primitive Rule of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, according to the reform of our Holy Mother Theresa of Avila, adhering to the constitutions approved by the Father General William of St. Albert in 1928.
“Only dwells on this mount the honor and glory of God.”
in the words of the church
“The contemplative life has its sweetness, because it already gives a foretaste of the heavenly country.”
—St. Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book II, Homily 2.
“The world is on fire… the Church is being torn to pieces… No, my sisters, this is no time to treat with God about matters of little importance.”
St. Teresa of Ávila, The Way of Perfection, ch. 1.
“The smallest act of pure love is of greater value in the eyes of God and of greater profit to the Church than all other works put together.”
St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle, B, stanza 29, no. 2.
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Swainsboro GA
30401