Bishop Michael Olson announced Dec. 2 that the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life gave permission for the new monastery.

This new monastery comes after years of controversy involving the prior Carmelite monastery based in Arlington.

STANTON The story of St. Joseph’s Carmelite Monastery here at 200 Carpenter St. is a classic tale of the Old West, where the priests were about as rugged as anyone. Led by Father Athanasius Peters, ...

Sister Carmela Marolda arrived in Savannah 55 years ago to find the Carmelite Monastery on Back Street was not a monastery at all. When Sister Mary Elizabeth Angaine arrived from Kenya seven years ago ...

Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland, stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women in ...

The Carmelite Monastery in Stanton still dominates the town from a hill on an otherwise flat West Texas landscape. Construction of the two-story monastery began in 1882, soon after six Carmelite ...

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HARRISBURG -- Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg announced Friday that a second community of Discalced Carmelite nuns will be established in the diocese in the monastery in ...

The archdiocese of Philadelphia voiced joy and gratitude for 10 young Discalced Carmelite nuns and a new chaplain who have recently transferred to the local Carmelite monastery. "The support provided ...

The Holy See has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, a month after its residents were dismissed from the Carmelite order and religious life. The decree, ...

A new monastery for Discalced Carmelite nuns has been established in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, marking the growth of contemplative life in hard times. On June 7, Bishop Aloisius Nguyen Hung Vi of ...

The Rev. Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity was accused of breaking her chastity vows with a priest. The Vatican has overturned the bishop’s decision to ...