Discalced Carmelites
P.O. Box 278
Valley Center, KS 67147
Monastery of Divine Mercy and Our Lady of Guadalupe: Clearwater, KS
Discalced Carmelites
P.O. Box 278
Valley Center, KS 67147
Monasteries
- Alexandria, South Dakota
- Brooklyn, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- Clearwater, Kansas
- Dallas, Texas
- Des Plaines, Illinois
- Elysburg, Pennsylvania
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Flemington, New York
- Georgetown, California
- Iron Mountain, Michigan
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Kensington, California
- Lake Elmo, Minnesota
- Littleton, Colorado
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Mobile, Alabama
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Rochester, New York
- Traverse City, Michigan
- Valparaiso, Nebraska
Federations/Associations
Federations/Associations among cloistered contemplative communities have been recommended by the Church, as a means of providing mutual support in areas such as financial needs and formation. It is a practice of many such associations and federations of cloistered contemplatives to have meetings every so many years. These meetings, although common are not required and such meetings in no way go against the observance of Papal Enclosure.
However, St. Teresa of Avila explicitly desired for her nuns to observe strict enclosure, only to leave the walls of the cloister in case of a severe emergency or situation or the forming of a new foundation. In this spirit, Discalced Carmelite monasteries which follow the 1990 Constitutions do not attend federation/association meetings.
There are two associations which include 1990 OCD monasteries in the United States. These associations do not have meetings.
St. Joseph Association
Los Palomarcitos de la Virgen
"The decision to belong or not to such bodies depends on each community, whose freedom must be respected." - Verbi Sponsa, Part IV
All other 1990 Carmelite monasteries in the United States have chosen - as they have the right to do - to not join an association.
The Association of Los Palomarcitos de la Virgen is an international association of 1990 Discalced Carmelite monasteries, that, at the time of the choosing of Constitutions, were given the privilege to be both 1990 Carmels and under the Discalced Carmelite Friars. Otherwise, 1990 Discalced Carmelite nuns are directly under the Holy Father rather then the Friars.
However, St. Teresa of Avila explicitly desired for her nuns to observe strict enclosure, only to leave the walls of the cloister in case of a severe emergency or situation or the forming of a new foundation. In this spirit, Discalced Carmelite monasteries which follow the 1990 Constitutions do not attend federation/association meetings.
There are two associations which include 1990 OCD monasteries in the United States. These associations do not have meetings.
St. Joseph Association
Los Palomarcitos de la Virgen
"The decision to belong or not to such bodies depends on each community, whose freedom must be respected." - Verbi Sponsa, Part IV
All other 1990 Carmelite monasteries in the United States have chosen - as they have the right to do - to not join an association.
The Association of Los Palomarcitos de la Virgen is an international association of 1990 Discalced Carmelite monasteries, that, at the time of the choosing of Constitutions, were given the privilege to be both 1990 Carmels and under the Discalced Carmelite Friars. Otherwise, 1990 Discalced Carmelite nuns are directly under the Holy Father rather then the Friars.
Discalced Carmelites
P.O. Box 278
Valley Center, KS 67147