Houses of the Province

 

• National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians (Holy Hill) -- Hubertus, Wisconsin
  A Marian shrine visited by over half a million pilgrims each year, this is the oldest permanent community of the friars in the United States (1906). It is also the location of the novitiate program and a small parish, St. Mary of the Hill.
  
  
• St. Florian Parish -- West Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  A small urban parish staffed by the friars since 1914, with a grade school attached, this is also the location of the Provincial offices.
  
  
• Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel -- Washington, DC
  Our publications ministry -- the award-winning Spiritual Life magazine and ICS Publications -- are located here.
  
  
• Monastery of Mary and Joseph -- Brighton (Boston), Massachusetts
  This is the location of the postulancy program, the first phase of initial formation.
  
  
• Monastery of Christ on the Mountain -- Hinton, West Virginia
  A small community of hermits live in simplicity, silence and solitude in imitation of the original hermits on Mount Carmel.
  
  
• Monastery of Saint John of the Cross -- Nairobi, Kenya
  This is the residence on English-speaking African Carmelites preparing for ministry in Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi and Tanzania. Some French-speaking Carmelites from Rwanda and Congo also study there.