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On 7th July we celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Religious Profession of our Reverend Mother Prioress, Sr Bernadette of Jesus. Below is a link to the video of the Holy Mass (main celebrant Archbishop Bernard Longley) in which Our Mother renewed her vows. https://t.co/8lnP8GjcL7 pic.twitter.com/qNCU8C1iFx
— Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton (@carmelwv3) July 20, 2023
Wishing all our friends, followers & benefactors a very happy & blessed Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. We will be holding you all very much in prayer during our day of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, finishing with Vespers & Benediction at 4.30 pm. pic.twitter.com/RHggmESnw7
— Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton (@carmelwv3) July 16, 2023
On this World Day for Consecrated Life, we would like to highlight our recently uploaded video of the Celebratory Mass for the Diamond Jubilee of one of our Wolverhampton Carmel sisters. Please find it on our website (videos page) or directly on YouTube at https://t.co/ubvOx8Rzrl
— Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton (@carmelwv3) February 2, 2023
Welcome to Wolverhampton Carmel
'God alone suffices.'
~ St. Teresa of Jesus
The Carmel of the Magnificat in Wolverhampton is a cloistered Roman Catholic community of Discalced Carmelite nuns, following the charism and lifestyle of St. Teresa of Avila, who reformed the Carmelite Order in the 16th century. Carmelite history can be traced even further back, however, to the ascetical hermits of Mount Carmel in the Holy Land more than eight centuries ago. Like them, we seek a life of total self-giving to God, through His Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, taking the Blessed Virgin Mary for our Patroness, advocate and model. Discalced Carmelites consider themselves to be hermits in community as we live a balanced life of contemplation, work and community life.
Please click on any of the links from the menu on the left to discover more about our way of life and vocation to contemplative prayer in the Church.
Here at Wolverhampton Carmel we live in enclosure, wearing the traditional Carmelite habit, and take solemn vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. We participate fully in the daily liturgy of the Church, living a simple existence of prayer, silence, solitude, austerity, manual labour and joyful community life.
If you are a Catholic woman with an ardent desire to give all to Christ and His Church, in imitation of His Holy Mother Mary, God may be calling you to the contemplative, cloistered life. Indeed, He may be may calling you to Carmel. Click on Contact Us in the navigation menu for more details, get in touch or come and see if this is the life God has chosen for you.
Mass Times
'What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language he best hears is silent love.'
~ St. John of the Cross
Mass is offered daily in our private chapel at 9:00am, though at the moment, due to the coronavirus and vulnerability of most of the sisters, we regret that this is not open to the public.
On Sundays, we usually have Benediction too, preceded by Vespers at 4:30pm, but, again, this is currently suspended.
