WELCOME TO OUR HOME

This is the Carmelite Monastery Melbourne and we are Contemplative Nuns living the Rule of Life which inspired St Teresa of Avila in her Reform for the Discalced Carmelites.

As a Carmelite contemplative, monastic community, we belong to the great family of Carmel, an ancient Order devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel. The contemplative life is a channel of God’s compassion, love and peace in our world and it reminds us of our need for God’s all-powerful help and wisdom as He leads us through the daily vicissitudes of life.

In early centuries the Mount of Carmel stood out as a place of beauty and tradition, hallowed by the memory of the Prophet Elijah in the Old Testament, where the presence of God was found in silence and stillness.

Our Monastery today, situated on a hill looking across the city of Melbourne, becomes a living icon giving testimony to the Carmelite life of prayer in imitation of Christ who prayed on the mountain, spending nights in prayer to His Father.

This has been the home of Carmelites since 1929, a sacred place because of those who dedicate their lives to God in contemplative prayer, in the joy of God’s beauty, love and truth.