Autonomous Monastery
Observing the Primitive Carmelite Rule and the Constitutions affirmed by the Holy See in 1990 with Papal Enclosure
The Discalced Carmelite Nuns were established in Littleton at the invitation of Archbishop Urban J. Vehr in 1947. Living cloistered as contemplatives in the heart of the Church, the Sisters profess the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They sacrifice their lives in prayer and penance for priests, for all souls, and especially for the needs and intentions of the Denver Archdiocese.