The Carmelite Monks are a new community of Carmelite religious who have been erected as a Public Association of the Christian Faithful by his Excellency, Bishop David L. Ricken of the Diocese of Cheyenne. These monks are striving to revive the authentic Discalced Carmelite charism as lived by St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross. However, the Carmelite Monks are living a strictly monastic expression of the discalced charism, which entails constitutional enclosure. This is what establishes them as monks rather than mendicant friars. Therefore, The Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel are not juridically a part of the Discalced Carmelite Order but are striving to live the perfection of the Discalced spirituality and way of life.
The Carmelite Monks are men who are consecrated to God through the Vows of Obedience, Chastity, and Poverty. They make the total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. They live a life of prayer, solitude, penance, and strict separation from the world. Their lives are completely dedicated to interceding for the Church and the world. St. Thérèse proclaimed the Carmelite vocation as being "love in the heart of the Church." As the heart circulates blood throughout the whole body, so the Carmelite is called to circulate grace throughout the Church. This is the essential meaning of the vocation of these cloistered monks.
Official Community Website:
http://www.carmelitemonks.org
Official Development Website:
http://www.koc.vcn.com/monastery.html
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didn't you post this before?
these guys are very holy and awesome!
These guys are the real deal. 
they do sound great though.
All right, I have to ask...anyone know of any Carmelite nuns joining them near by?
They're 90 minutes from me! 
I want to go visit them now.
I want to go visit them now.
QUOTE(brandelynmarie @ May 19 2006, 12:04 PM) [snapback]985270[/snapback]
All right, I have to ask...anyone know of any Carmelite nuns joining them near by?
yes, God willing they will have Carmelite Nuns near them when they build the new Monastery/Church/Retreat Center/Convent.
Can you say traditional Carmelite oasis in Wyoming.
I just ordered their CD.
Thanks Brendan!
Thanks Brendan!
Cool! 
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I just ordered their CD.
Thanks Brendan!
Just posting a link to the Mystic Monk Coffee thread here. 
In the Internat'l Fellowship of St. Bruno forum, Gemma said they have plans to start an OCD community of nuns there too! Wow! I had read somewhere Fr. Daniel Mary was hoping to have a community of nuns there in the future, though I didn't know they were going to be OCDs. That's pretty awesome!! Where did you hear of this, Gemma?
Does anyone else know about this? It sounds as though it's just an idea/hope for the future now, as the monks still have a lot of work to do in establishing their own monastery, and the plans for the retreat center and new church.
That would be awesome to have an OCD nuns community there too in the mountains in Wyoming!
In the Internat'l Fellowship of St. Bruno forum, Gemma said they have plans to start an OCD community of nuns there too! Wow! I had read somewhere Fr. Daniel Mary was hoping to have a community of nuns there in the future, though I didn't know they were going to be OCDs. That's pretty awesome!! Where did you hear of this, Gemma?
Does anyone else know about this? It sounds as though it's just an idea/hope for the future now, as the monks still have a lot of work to do in establishing their own monastery, and the plans for the retreat center and new church.
That would be awesome to have an OCD nuns community there too in the mountains in Wyoming!
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yes, God willing they will have Carmelite Nuns near them when they build the new Monastery/Church/Retreat Center/Convent.
Can you say traditional Carmelite oasis in Wyoming.
Can you say traditional Carmelite oasis in Wyoming.
Oh great! Has anyone heard anything more about this? Have you heard they're going to be OCD nuns? Probably the best thing to do would be to call/write them ..
QUOTE(Margaret Clare @ May 27 2007, 05:06 PM) [snapback]1282213[/snapback]
Just posting a link to the Mystic Monk Coffee thread here.
In the Internat'l Fellowship of St. Bruno forum, Gemma said they have plans to start an OCD community of nuns there too! Wow! I had read somewhere Fr. Daniel Mary was hoping to have a community of nuns there in the future, though I didn't know they were going to be OCDs. That's pretty awesome!! Where did you hear of this, Gemma?
Does anyone else know about this? It sounds as though it's just an idea/hope for the future now, as the monks still have a lot of work to do in establishing their own monastery, and the plans for the retreat center and new church.
That would be awesome to have an OCD nuns community there too in the mountains in Wyoming!
In the Internat'l Fellowship of St. Bruno forum, Gemma said they have plans to start an OCD community of nuns there too! Wow! I had read somewhere Fr. Daniel Mary was hoping to have a community of nuns there in the future, though I didn't know they were going to be OCDs. That's pretty awesome!! Where did you hear of this, Gemma?
Does anyone else know about this? It sounds as though it's just an idea/hope for the future now, as the monks still have a lot of work to do in establishing their own monastery, and the plans for the retreat center and new church.
That would be awesome to have an OCD nuns community there too in the mountains in Wyoming!
I just got back from Memorial Day Vacation in East TN.
I think I read on their website that they're planning a convent for traddie OCD nuns down the road from them. Sr. Teresita, whom I've mentioned here before, knows Fr. Daniel Mary, and I think she was planning on talking to him about this, as she feels called to start a traddie Carmel for nuns.
Blessings,
Gemma
An article on the Carmelite Monks in the Wyoming Catholic Register :j
Hey, this was posted on St. Benedict's Holy Vocations blog today - a video of the Carmelite Monks
QUOTE(Margaret Clare @ Jul 6 2007, 06:50 PM) 
An article on the Carmelite Monks in the Wyoming Catholic Register :j
June 20, 2007 - Issue
QUOTE(Margaret Clare @ Aug 3 2007, 04:18 PM)
Hey, this was posted on St. Benedict's Holy Vocations blog today - a video of the Carmelite Monks
A great article from the Salt Lake Tribune that goes with this: http://freerepublic.info/focus/f-religion/1870225/posts
Wow! They really do seem like the real deal! I love the simplicity and poverty of their life- even to the point of simple sandals made by the brother cobbler.
I absolutely love everything about this order... 
Definitely on my list: Vocation -> Monasticism -> Carmelite Monks of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Definitely on my list: Vocation -> Monasticism -> Carmelite Monks of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
I read somewhere here on the forum that they aren't OCD (which I knew 'cause they're M. Carm) but I didn't understand the reason why.
So... Why aren't they OCD?
So... Why aren't they OCD?
The OCD doesn't want the ancient Carmelite life as envisioned by St. Albert and reformed by Sts. Teresa and John.
QUOTE(brendan1104 @ Sep 11 2007, 09:49 PM)
The OCD doesn't want the ancient Carmelite life as envisioned by St. Albert and reformed by Sts. Teresa and John.
... Sorry, I don't understand. Or maybe I do. 
They (OCD) "reject" the Carmelite life "created" by Sts. Teresa and John?
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