Carmelite Monastery

The Litton Carmel Observes the original Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel as written by St Teresa of Avila and renewed by the Holy See in 1990 with the most minor and necessary adaptations possible.  The nuns wear the complete traditional religious habit as given by St. Teresa in her Constitutions.

“The ancient spiritual tradition of the Church, taken up by the Second Vatican Council, explicitly connects the contemplative life to the prayer of Jesus “on the mountain,” or solitary place.  The Holy Spirit, Who led Jesus into the desert, invites the nun to share the solitude of Christ Jesus, Who, with the eternal Spirit, offered Himself to the Father.  The solitary cell, the closed cloister, is the place where the nun, Bride of the Incarnate Word, lives wholly concentrated with Christ in God.  The cloister becomes the fulfillment of His eternal desire to welcome the creature into the mystery of intimacy with the Word.  To the gift of Christ the Bridegroom, Who on the cross offered His body unreservedly, the nun responds in like terms, offering herself with Jesus Christ to the Father and cooperating with Him in the work of Redemption.” (Verbi Sponsa)

Qualifications for Application:

Must be a person with a love for prayer and strong desires to serve God, with a willingness to sacrifice oneself completely for God and for souls through a spirit of submission to authority.  A person with steadfast adherence to all the doctrine and dogma of the Catholic Church and the teachings of the Magisterium and sufficient knowledge of the Faith.  Good physical and mental health, good character, sound common sense, and adequate emotional balance and maturity.   Age 17-30

To additional vocation information, please send letters to:

Novice Mistress
Carmel of the Holy Spirit
6138 S. Gallup St.
Littleton, CO. 80120

The Littleton Carmel has the Traditional Latin Mass (also known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite) on Monday – Friday, and the Novus Ordo Mass (Ordinary Form) on Saturdays and Sundays

• Complete Divine Office (major Hours chanted on Sundays, Solemnities, and some Feasts)
• Two, one-hour periods of mental prayer
• Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and other prayers in common
• Spiritual Reading
• Time for work and two periods of recreation
• The Nuns have weekly Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, and also weekly Confession.

Community Life is characterized by: 

• Very Special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph
• Joyful community life of which the prioress is the center, and to whom her daughters give their filial obedience
• An intensity of silence throughout the day, with little speaking outside of recreation
• A strong desire to identify oneself with Christ Crucified by a life of complete self-sacrifice
• A dynamic, shared search and thirst for authentic contemplation and perfection as outlined by Our Holy Parents and Founders, St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross
• An intense desire and striving to lie the spirituality and embrace the heritage of our Holy Founders