Mount Carmel is the birthplace of the Carmelite Order. It is the home of Elias, prophet of the Old Testament, and the home of the early Latin hermits who followed the life of Elias.


What defines a Carmelite life?
  • Purity of heart
  • Unswerving allegiance to Jesus Christ
  • Nourished by the Word of God and the Eucharist
  • In silence and recollection
  • With zeal for the Lord God of Hosts in whose Presence we stand
  • Marian Devotion
  • Fraternal community living

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Saint Elias