Contact

Mother Mary Elizabeth, O.C.D.
26 Harmony School Rd
Flemington, NJ 08822-2606

908-782-4802
www.FlemingtonCarmel.org
1949
Year Founded
10; 2 Postulants
Members
18-35
Age Range
Autonomous
Generalate

Dioceses

Metuchen, NJ

Mission

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Flemington follow the ideal of life established by St. Teresa of Avila to support the Church by their contemplative lives of prayer. Their loving fidelity to the Magisterium is lived out in the cloister where prayer, solitude and the common life in a Marian spirit nourish an apostolic zeal.

Qualifications

Indication of a divine vocation, good health, great desires, common sense, sufficient maturity.

Formation

One year of aspirancy, one year of postulancy, two years of novitiate, approximately five years of temporary vows before solemn profession.

Province

Autonomous

International

Yes

Belated Vocations

Ordinarily no one over 35.