Our Carmel

In a small city in southwestern Pennsylvania , the Carmel of the Assumption planted its roots in Latrobe in 1961. Eight Carmelite nuns arrived from Lorretto , Pennsylvania to establish a new foundation in the diocese of Greensburg .

It was Bishop William Connare, the second bishop of our diocese - which is dedicated to Our Blessed Mother under the title of the Assumption – who invited us to begin the new monastery under that same title, naming the new monastery the Carmel of the Assumption.

The land for the monastery was purchased because of its proximity to the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Vincent. The monks have served as our chaplains, confessors and spiritual directors from the very beginning; a blessing for which we have never ceased to praise the Lord.

At the present time our community numbers twelve nuns, eleven of which are solemnly professed and one in formation. We come from many parts of the country, not only from Pennsylvania.