our Mission

As Carmelites of the North American Province of St. Elias, our primary mission is to follow Jesus Christ through prayer, fraternity, and prophetic service and presence in the spirit of Mary and Elijah. Our chief means for fulfilling this mission is by our lives and ministries.

    Therefore, we need to develop and encourage a sense of contemplative service to all God's people, with special attention to the poor and to developing lay participation in the Church.

    This Mission will require: respect for the Church's expectations of all religious to Her sense of the Gospel; assessment of our resources especially financial and personnel; discernment of the viability of current apostolates; evaluation of and decisions about established and discontinued apostolates, Provincial and individual ones, and those based either internationally or in the United States.