ABOUT US
Habit Forming Sisters Corporation is a Roman Catholic religious organization and a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization. The purpose of this Corporation is to help with the establishment and continued operation of a Traditional Monastery in the spirit of Carmel on the grounds of a 10 acre property in High Springs, Florida and for future upkeeping of the property and buildings to be built at the same address and for the benefit of the women religious who will be living at the same address. Although a Catholic organization, this corporation is not an arm or subsidiary of any Catholic Archdiocese, Diocese, Archeparchy, Eparchy, or any other religious or secular organization.
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OUR MISSION
Habit Forming Sisters Corporation desires to construction of a Traditional Carmelite Monastery in High, Springs, Gilchrist County, Florida. We desire to serve the Holy Roman Catholic Church in our autonomous institute of prayer for the greater glory of God, the salvation of souls, and the safekeeping of the Traditional Latin Mass.
OUR DEVOTION
We desire to continue to give our lives to God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to the Traditional Carmelite Order in the charisms of Our Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Avila. Silence, solitude, and contemplation for the world mark the totality of our life of prayer.
OUR COMMUNITY
Habit Forming Sisters Corporation is run by a Traditional Carmelite Community, living an eremitical life of prayer. We are in fidelity to and under the autonomy of the Traditional Discalced Carmelite Order founded by Saint Teresa of Avila: The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorm).
A Return to Tradition
“Lord, I am a daughter of the Church!”
- Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Avila
We are a Traditional Community of Discalced Carmelite Nuns who seek the greater honor and glory of God through the traditional practice and preservation of the Holy Order founded by Saint Teresa of Avila. We desire through the holy vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to live a life of prayer, silence, and solitude for the salvation of souls. We hope by the will of God to build this new Traditional Carmelite Monastery where we may serve Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Mount Carmel by observing the Rule of Carmel and the Constitution of Our Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Avila.
We remain ever faithful to the traditional Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and all traditional sacraments, teachings, discipline, dogma, and doctrine passed on to us by the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We observe and recognize the legitimacy and supremacy of the Pope and the Office of the Papacy from apostolic times to the current pontificate.
We desire to build a new Traditional Carmelite Monastery under the autonomy of the traditional Discalced Carmelite Order founded Saint Teresa of Avila called The Order of the Blessed Virign Mary of Mount Carmel. We seek this autonomy by remaining a non-diocesan private, independent institution while retaining the profession of perpetual solemn vows of the Carmelite Order.
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We follow the Carmelite Rule, which is modeled after the life of Jesus Christ in the Gospels, and the Constitution written by Saint Teresa of Avila, which was greatly expounded upon in the 1581 Alcala Constitutions and later given greater approval by Pope John Paul II in 1990. We place our way of life under the protection of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, her Most Chaste Spouse Saint Joseph, Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Avila, and Holy Father Saint John of the Cross. We have special devotions to Our Lady Co-Redemptoris and Our Lady of Sorrows as Patroness of our future Carmel and chapel.
Our future monastery shall rely on traditional Catholic priests in union with Rome for the Holy Mass and sacraments of non-diocesan jurisdiction such as those of priestly societies and religious Orders within the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
"It is Love alone that gives worth to all things."
-Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Avila
OUR LIFE AND SERVICE TO THE CHURCH
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Fully in communion with the Roman Catholic Church
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Dedication of a life of prayer and penance for the Pope, the Bishops and priests of the Universal Church, and the world.
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The Holy Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our Catholic Faith and our sole duty is to preserve and safeguard that Truth.
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Devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass and the 1962 Divine Office​
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Wear full, traditional Carmelite habit
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Hermetical life of Carmelite Spirituality
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Profession of Perpetual Vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience to the Rules and Constitutions of Carmel
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Observe the Carmelite Rule and the Constitutions of Saint Teresa of Avila
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Unceasing Prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and our Benefactors
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Complete trust in Divine Providence through the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We rely on alms and in-kind donations through the generosity of the public
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Living a simple, quiet, prayerful lifestyle with zero-waste and farming sustainability
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Growth in a religious community based on familial values and charity for God and each other as Sisters in Christ.