The Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of Port Tobacco

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  • "The one who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”

    Revelation 21:5

  • "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me."

    John 10:14

  • Cherishing the Past...

    Praying for the Future

  • On Carmel’s height,

    by day or night, someone prays for you

  • “It is love alone

    that gives worth to all things.”  St. Teresa of Jesus

  • "From the rising of the sun to its setting,

    the name of the LORD is to be praised!"  Ps. 113:3

  • May the favor of the Lord our God be ours.

    Prosper the work of our hands!  Psalm 90:17

  • "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight,

    O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."  Psalm 19:14

  • Inside the first
    American Carmelite Monastery

    Founded October 15, 1790

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We are a community of Carmelite Nuns living a contemplative life for Love of the Lord and for the benefit of souls.

 Welcome! This out-of-the-way hill in the Port Tobacco Valley is our home.  The Lord told the Prophet Elijah to hide in the wadi and drink from the stream.  Like Elijah, we have our own little stream that playfully wraps around this hill.  Like him, we are hidden here because we thirst for God and He has invited us to drink of His life-giving mercy and His refreshing joy.

 
A Day in the Life
 "Lord, it is good for us to be here." - Matthew 17:4

We are the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary and we have a special mission in the Mystical Body of Christ.

  • A cloistered religious community
  • Site of the first Catholic monastery in the first 13 States
  • Site of the first chapel in the United States dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • National Historic Site
  • Catholic shrine and pilgrimage site
  • Civil shrine of Freedom of Religion

Again, welcome!  Let us show you around our monastery.

 

 

Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of Port Tobacco

5678 Mount Carmel Road
La Plata, MD 20646-3625
contact@carmelofporttobacco.com 

 May God Bless You!!
 

Welcome to the Carmel of Port Tobacco – the site of the first Carmelite Monastery in the United States!

On the summit of Mount Carmel, Maryland, overlooking Port Tobacco Valley, there stands today, the restored buildings of the first convent of religious women established in the original thirteen colonies.

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