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Love Alone
First Carmel
Under Our Lady's Gaze
Carmels Height
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A group of nuns standing around a religious relic inside a church. They are wearing black and white habits. The relic is displayed in a glass case on a table decorated with gold accents.
Sunset with orange, pink, and purple hues behind a silhouette of leafless trees and houses in a suburban neighborhood.
A quote on a brown background that reads: "It is love alone that gives worth to all things." - St. Teresa of Jesus.
Brown background with white cursive text that reads "Inside the first American Carmelite Monastery Founded October 15, 1790"
Text reads "Caramelized under Our Lady's gaze" on a brown background.
Inspirational message on a brown background stating, "On Carmel's height by day or night someone prays for you."
A quote from the Roman Canon in elegant white script on a brown background, beginning with 'Therefore, Lord, we pray:...'
A quote from Song of Solomon 2:12 about the appearance of flowers and the voice of the turtle dove, on a brown background with elegant white cursive text.
Quote by St. Thérèse on a brown background, written in elegant cursive font: 'When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens; I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth.'
A quote from Psalm 19:1 written in white cursive text on a brown background.
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A coat of arms featuring a shield, a cross, stars, and banners with the words "Have zeal for the Lord" and "Zealous with zeal."

We are a community of Carmelite Nuns living a contemplative life
for Love of the Lord and the benefit of souls. 

Welcome! This out-of-the-way hill in the Port Tobacco Valley is our home.  The Lord told the Prophet Elijah to hide in the wadi and drink from the stream.  Like Elijah, we have our own little stream that playfully wraps around this hill.  Like him, we are hidden here because we thirst for God and He has invited us to drink of His life-giving mercy and His refreshing joy.

A Day in the Life
 "Lord, it is good for us to be here." - Matthew 17:4

of the Blessed Virgin Mary and we have a special mission in the Mystical Body of Christ.

  • A cloistered religious community

  • Site of the first Catholic monastery in the first 13 States

  • Site of the first chapel in the United States dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  • National Historic Site

  • Catholic shrine and pilgrimage site

  • Civil shrine of Freedom of Religion

Again, welcome! 

We are the Discalced Carmelite Nuns

Let us show you around our monastery.