Yes, you can participate in a Lenten retreat even without leaving your home. Of course you know that by now, with modern technology and the internet. We want to pass along to you a retreat offer we received from the Carmelite Friars of Paris and Austria. It is called “Paschal Journey with Edith Stein, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.” …
The great Lent has begun today with Ash Wednesday. Many Christians received the mark of the cross on their foreheads today at Mass or another church service–a reminder of our frail humanity that will one day return to the dust of the earth from which it came. This reminder invites us to return to the Lord “with our whole heart …
We would like to share a link with you that puts into perspective the current sexual abuse crisis in our Church today. We are grateful to “Elijah’s Breeze” for helping us see through the eyes of the holy doctors and saints of Carmel, especially our Holy Mother St. Teresa. May they give us the courage we Catholics need to continue …
Our Spring Bulletin 2019 should have arrived in your post mail by now, if you are on our mailing list. You can also see it here: Spring Bulletin 2019. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive our quarterly Bulletin in the mail, please send us your mailing address at lrcarmel@comcast.net. We will also be …
The sound of pitter patter is so peaceful, and can inspire us to prayer and meditation. And the sound of rushing rain can make us stand in awe and wonder at the greatness of our God. Perhaps now or later when you have time, you can take a moment to listen to the sound and lift your mind and heart …
Give success to the work of our hands, O Lord! As a gift for her solemn profession last November Sr. Anu Maria’s parents donated money for she and Sr. Lucia to build a new little dock at our pond. The results are very impressive! Sr. Anu Maria has been learning the carpentry trade from Sr. Lucia who has become pretty …
Hello, all! In case you didn’t know, we have a YouTube channel. In working with the website you learn all different kinds of things, and one of them is if you want to put one of your own videos on your blog, or elsewhere on the website, you pretty much have to first put it on YouTube or some other …
Way back in the year 2015 during the nuns’ “silent” Pentecost retreat we tried out our new coffee machine at breakfast. Anyone who has spent some time in a convent or monastery will understand how important coffee is to most religious men and women in convents and monasteries. Aside from the Tabernacle in chapel it may be the most valued …
Hello, all! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and very blessed beginning of 2019! Please check out some new dates on our Mass Times page under the Prayer tab. We are also inviting all the Religious men and women of our diocese to a special Mass being held in our chapel on Saturday, February 2nd: God bless you and …
Dear Friends, Tomorrow on December 17, 2018 we begin our Christmas Novena. We will be offering our novena prayers and other prayers for the intentions sent in to us via post mail, email and phone calls, and the Masses in our chapel will be offered for these intentions, as well. We’ll also be praying for our families, friends and benefactors …