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Mount Carmel Retreat Centre, on the outskirts of Sydney, NSW, has been a ministry of
the Discalced Carmelites since 1964. Over the past almost 40 years, many thousands
of people have discovered at Mt Carmel a place a refuge and beauty, and deep spirituality.
"The property is stunningly and peacefully beautiful, especially the rolling
hills, the birds, the water and the trees. It is close to Sydney and yet a million
miles away. I was warmly welcomed and felt immediately at home."
Find out more about what is on offer at MCRC.
The Australian Carmelites are present in two parishes, one in the Archdiocese
of Perth, at Morley, and one in South-West Sydney, at Varroville, in the Diocese
of Wollongong. For more information on the presence
and ministry offered by our Parishes, click here.
There are small groups of Young Carmelites that meet in Sydney and Brisbane,
known as the YCG. The Sydney group comprises committed young Catholics that meets
once a month at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Varroville. Our aims are very
simple. We hope to deepen our faith in Jesus—who we can know through prayer—through
love of Jesus Christ and his Church, thereby placing ourselves at the service
of God. This demands a serious desire to give ourselves to Jesus who invites us
to know Him through scripture, the truths of the faith, and most of all through
an intimate personal relationship. To find out
more about the YCG, click here.
The Carmelite Nuns at Varroville have begun a new publishing venture, taking
over the publication of Peoplespeak, a gospel-based Sunday bulletin cover.
Previously published by Teresa Pirola of Story Source, the Nuns bring many talents
to the new ministry, including many years experience in desktop publishing and
computer related design. The work of Carmel Print provides a supplement to their
existing work in Carmel Colour. [Read more
about Carmel Print & PeopleSpeak]
A Carmelite is someone who has been called by the Holy Spirit to seek the face
of the living God and hear his word deep within. He seeks by a life of contemplative
prayer to enter into communion with God the Father, through Christ his Son in
the power of the Holy Spirit. It is just this commitment to prayer that makes
a Carmelite. His whole life flows from that source.[Read
more about Vocation as a Friar]
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