Our Vision
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An architect friend of our Community, has just completed the plans for us to build an authentic Spanish Carmel, like those in which Our Holy Mother, St. Teresa of Jesus and her daughters lived in, following the beautiful yet austere Carmelite architecture which has characterized so many of our Monasteries throughout the centuries in Catholic Spain. With your help, we hope to build a Monastery where God will be glorified by the beautiful Traditional Latin Liturgy. At this location in Pleasant Mount, PA, we will be able to live a completely cloistered life of prayer and sacrifice, interceding for the sanctification of priests and the salvation of souls. We were given a rough estimate that building this particular kind of Monastery, and moving everything from Brooklyn to Pleasant Mount, will cost around 15 million dollars.
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Phase 1
We plan to begin by building one wing of the cloister, where we could reside and begin living our religious life, while the rest of the Monastery is being constructed, because it is important for us to leave Brooklyn as soon as possible due to our current difficulties. We estimate that this initial phase will cost about 2 million dollars. Within the simplicity and poverty of our Carmelite charism, we hope to eventually build a Chapel and cloister worthy of the majesty of God and which will be a place set apart as consecrated ground. We hope, however, to be able to move by the end of this year to an initial structure of the new Monastery, and this would be a great blessing for our Community. If you are able to contribute anything, especially toward this initial goal, these poor Discalced Carmelites and a multitude of souls will be eternally grateful.
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