Mindful of the monks' need to expand and have this monastery completed as soon as possible, the Board of Directors just spent the last two days conducting interviews of our short-listed general contractors. This has been a highly competitive process, beginning with more than twenty-five qualified companies and now down to the final three. As you can imagine, the Foundation Board has had to make some difficult decisions along the way, but the consoling, ever-present reality has been an awareness that God has chosen the contractor long before any of us and we must simply find the company chosen by Him. For this reason, we have hosted three contractors at the monastery and asked many tough questions.



Over the upcoming weeks, we will be prayerfully discerning the selection of our contractor to build this monastery to last a thousand years. Please join us in prayer as we ask for the Divine Light and Wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit. We are hoping to get the contractor involved as soon as possible, so that he may assist us in value engineering the design. St. Joseph, pray for us!

We have updated the photos on the New Mount Carmel Photo page with brand new never seen before pictures. Enjoy browsing through them and imagining the monks living their contemplative life on this land with a beautiful Gothic Church, in the solitude of the mountains. What you are imagining is happening, which is very exciting.

We hope to close in October on the property so get ready for a celebration! God bless!

See photos here.

In the Lord's great goodness, the Board of Directors of the New Mount Carmel Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Park County Board of Commissioners approved the special use permits for the relocation of the monastery and Mystic Monk Coffee to the new property.  The Foundation now has all of the necessary permissions and our project is able to advance.  Let us thank the Lord and His Immaculate Mother for this tremendous blessing!

If all goes as planned, the Foundation is hoping to close and take title to this beautiful mountain property that it may be transformed into a New Mount Carmel for the glory of God.  Please continue to hold us in your prayers as we claim this wild, solitary place for Jesus and Mary and ready the way to break ground in the spring.

May our dear Lord bless you and yours on this happy day!