Carmelite Monks of Wyoming Vocation
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming: a Vocation is a call to a life of solitary prayer in the mountains of Wyoming in the midst of a strong community life.
This is the Carmelite Vocation Blog with Fr. Michael Mary, the Carmelite Vocations Director of the Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.
I will add updates and information about our life periodically, along with answer commonly asked questions about a vocation to our Carmelite monastery.
The Carmelite Monks of Wyoming are a diocesan community in Cheyenne, Wyoming. We use the Latin Carmelite Liturgy, have two hours of daily mental prayer, chant a sunt mass daily, do manual labor and live the religious vows in a strict horarium.
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming Vocation
Learn more about the Carmelite Vocation to be a contempltive monk with the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming.
Want to Discern a Vocation?
Are you feeling a desire to give yourself to Christ in a higher way? The Wyoming Carmelites are devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary through true devotion and consecration to her. We strive for union with God through Mary. We pray the rosary in common daily, sing the Salve Regina after every office, and live out daily lives in devotion to Mary.
The Carmelite Monks discern with young men ages 18 – 30 who are looking to dedicate their lives through the religious vows to Christ through Mary in a life of prayer and manual labor.
Our full website has a lot of in depth information about our observance and life. You can find our website Carmelite Monks of Wyoming here.
Who are the Carmelite Monks?
What is a Vocation to the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming?
A vocation is a special call from God to serve the Church through the religious vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. This grace of a vocation is infused in the soul at baptism as a special charism to serve Christ and the Church in a more focused way.
The Carmelite Monks of Wyoming are a cloistered monastery of monks that are dedicated to the contemplative life. We are devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel and strive to imitate her contemplative life. Through our life of hidden prayer and self-sacrifice, we strive for union with God for the sake of the Church and for souls.
The Carmelite Monks are dedicated to living the spirituality and customs of the great Carmelite doctors of the Church. St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross defined a very balanced life that fosters virtue and contemplation. We strive to live their Carmelite spirituality in hopes of union with God for souls.
We live a strict monastic horarium including the midnight office, two hours of mental prayer, manual labor and spiritual reading. You can learn more about the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming Horarium here.
Discerning a Vocation
The Carmelite Monks of Wyoming website has a lot of information for discerning a vocation to the monastic cloistered life of Carmel. There are a dozen pages that are specifically focused on learning about how to discern and the primary elements of our charism.
Here are some of the main pages you can read for more information:
Learn from the Carmelite Monks about discerning a Religious Vocation here.
Read more about discerning a Carmelite Vocation here.
Contact the Carmelite Vocation Director here.
Blog about the Wyoming Carmelite Monk Vocation
I will be updating information about discerning a vocation to the Wyoming Carmelites regularly. Please check back each week to learn more about us and our horarium and observance.
What is a Carmelite monk? What do the Wyoming Carmelites do daily?
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Wyoming Carmelites
Wyoming Carmelites
The Wyoming Carmelites strive to live the ancient eremitical charism of Carmel. It is in solitude that the soul of the Wyoming Carmelite can soar towards God, free from distractions of the world. The monks strive to dwell in God through the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. It is the vows of Obedience, Poverty and Chastity that are the means for the perfection of the theological virtues. By knowing and loving God, the monks strive to dwell in God’s presence and to be transformed in God to fulfil their apostolate within the Church.