Community Profile

Carmelite Sisters, Mt. Carmel Hermitage Mother Immaculata O.C.D. Superior 1619 Township Road 204 Bloomingdale, OH 43910-7866 740-765-5409

Community Information

International? Yes No. in community (professed members) 2 Year founded 1980 Generalate/ motherhouse Autonomous Province/federation Autonomous Represented in US (Arch)dioceses Steubenville, OH

About Us

Mission statement/description The call to Carmel is a call to serve the Church through prayer and sacrifice. These sisters live a hermit life, one of prayer, silence, and contemplation. Their charism is guided by their foundress, St. Teresa of Avila, and by St. John of the Cross. The essence of the Carmelite contemplative life is: living in the presence of God, in imitation of their most pure Mother Mary and the prophet Elijah, their spiritual founder who lived 900 years before Christ. Qualifications for entry Not accepting candidates at the present. Formation program Formation consists of postulancy, novitiate, temporary profession, and then permanent profession. Age range/limit Consider belated vocations? No Belated/late vocations explanation