Carmelite Nuns of Ada (Parnell) Michigan

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The Discalced Carmelite Nuns are, by calling, part of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.

    

     The history of the Order of Carmel overflows with the presence of the Virgin Mary.  It began with the presence of the Virgin Mary, on Mount Carmel where the first hermits dedicated to her a little chapel. (Const. 3:54)

     By choosing the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother and Patroness, the Carmelite Order places itself under her protection, and it takes the mystery of her life and her union with Christ as its ideal model of consecration. (Const 1:2)

     Mary's presence among her daughters and sisters pervades the entire Carmelite vocation.  It imparts a special Marian tone to their contemplation, sisterhood, evangelical self-denial, and apostolic spirit. (Const. 3:53)

If you are:

             ~  in good physical and mental health

             ~  18 - 35  years old

             ~  have a desire to belong wholly to Jesus

                        in the hidden life of the cloister

             ~  and to serve the Church by a life

                        of prayer and sacrifice



 
For vocational inquiries, please contact:
 
carmelparnell@mymailstation.com

or   (616) 691-7764

For prayer requests, please write to us at:

Carmelite Monastery
4300 Mt. Carmel Dr. NE
Ada (Parnell) Michigan   49301
 
We warmly welcome your prayer requests
and keep them close to our hearts
in our daily prayers and sacrifices.
 
 

     




      Our Monastery
is located about 20 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Michigan in a small rural area called Parnell.  We are  just west of the historic  St. Patrick's  Church with its tall  steeple, which we can see illuminated at night from our monastery.


April 6, 2016   ---   Mass of thanksgiving for our first 100 years in the Diocese:

Ten priests concelebrated in our Carmelite Monastery Chapel with our Bishop David Walkowiak