Bishop Michael Olson announced Dec. 2 that the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life gave permission for the new monastery.

Bishop Michael Olson celebrates the Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the new Carmelite convent in Cooke County on Dec. 8, 2025. Juan Guajardo / North Texas Catholic More than two ...

This new monastery comes after years of controversy involving the prior Carmelite monastery based in Arlington.

The Carmelite Brothers of Wyoming are building their own gothic monastery. To do so, they learn to use tools such as CAD, CAM and CNC machining to help create ornate designs and oversized components ...

After the octogenarian nuns refused to return to their senior center, the abbot has finally folded. But he has some conditions. By Christopher F. Schuetze Christopher F. Schuetze visited the nuns in ...

The hills are alive with the sound of compromise, as three unlikely rebel nuns have been offered a chance to remain in their former convent in Austria — as long as they give up their Instagram habit.

BERLIN — Since breaking into their convent near Salzburg, Austria, Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita have been busy. On their Instagram account, Rita, 82, can be seen rushing about the cloisters and ...

Many monasteries and communities of religious brothers and sisters depend on proceeds from the sales of their products to sustain their lives of prayer and service throughout the year. These days, ...

Sister Rita, 82, (left), Sister Regina, 86 (center) and Sister Bernadette, 88, broke into their former convent earlier this year after fleeing a care home they say church authorities took them to live ...