Carmelite Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
The Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel is a monastic, cloistered Roman Catholic community founded in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Wyoming near Yellowstone National Park. In the solitude and silence of the mountain wilderness, the Carmelite monks of Wyoming seek to perpetuate the charism of the Blessed Virgin Mary by living the Marian life as prescribed by the primitive Carmelite Rule and the ancient monastic observance of Carmelite men. The Carmelite Fathers and Brothers live in unwavering fidelity to the Magisterium of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Father. With a burning love for God and a missionary zeal for souls, the Carmelite monk immolates his life in the vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty for the Holy Roman Catholic Church and for the entire world. Doing battle under the banner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Carmelite monks are the Navy Seals, Green Berets, and Marines of the Roman Catholic Church in a virile, ancient tradition of prayer as contemplative monks.
-from their website
Contact:
Fr. Michael Mary of the Trinity, M. Carm.
Vocation Director
1079 Meeteetse Creek Road
Meeteetse, WY 82433
307-645-3310
carmelite.vocation@gmail.com
www.carmelitemonks.org
Professed Members: 17
Year Founded: 2003
Diocese: Cheyenne, WY
Qualifications: The Wyoming Carmelites accept candidates from the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Candidates should be in good physical and mental health, along with being friendly and social. They should be living as a good Catholic with regular reception of the sacraments. It is preferred if candidates have a regular prayer life. Candidates must have been through our discernment process which takes eight months or longer. The discernment includes at least one or more retreats and an application.
Formation: 1 year Postulancy, 2 years Novitiate, 3 years Temporary Professed. For the choir monks who will become priests the formation for the priesthood begins after profession and takes six years or longer.
Age range/limit: 18 - 29
Belated vocations? Not at this time.