MICHAEL F.
(former novice - Br. Agapus Mary of the Espousals)
I was born and raised in Ireland and went to school there and studied design in college. In 2018 I went on a discernment retreat with the monks after having read St. Teresa of Avila and St. Elizabeth of The Trinity. I really loved the spirituality of Carmel and after thoroughly enjoying my discernment retreat, I entered the monastery in March 2019. I remained in the monastery for 2 years discerning in the Novitiate. However, before taking vows I agreed with my spiritual director that God was calling me on a different path. All the same, I would recommend this community to anyone and if you are thinking of joining, my advice would be to follow Our Lords words simply as He said, "Come and see."
TYLER K.
(former novice - Br. Ambrose Mary of the Child Jesus)
After being homeschooled most of my life, I began discerning with the Carmelite monks after I discovered a great love for Mary our mother and the traditional liturgy. I entered the monastery in March of 2020. After advancing to the novitiate and growing in maturity, I discerned with my novice master that I was not called to the monastic life. I left Carmel in August 2021 and reapplied to college. I am currently studying civil engineering at North Carolina State University. I am extremely grateful for the formation the monks gave me!
LUKE S.
(former novice - Br. James Mary of the Martyrs)
I grew up going to public school and going to the new Mass. The first time I thought I wanted to discern religious life was when I met some Franciscan friars at a retreat as a young teen. After two-and-a-half semesters of college, I dropped out to discern religious life. I visited Clear Creek and the Carmel in Wyoming for discernment. I entered Carmel in the Spring of 2018. After a year and a month there, my spiritual director and I discerned being a Carmelite monk was not my vocation. So with the prior's blessing I left to discern marriage. I got a job as an electronics tech, and in November of 2020 I got married. My wife and I have a baby boy and another on the way in November of 2022.
ALEX S.
(former novice - Br. Gabriel Marie of the Annunciation)
After reverting back to the Faith thanks to the intercession of Our Blessed Mother, I wanted to join a religious order that was Marian. After dropping out of college, I pursued religious life at the Carmelite Monastery in Wyoming. I had left after a year and 9 months with the Prior’s blessing to pursue married life, and I am currently engaged.
BRIAN S.
(former postulant)
​We're all called to be brothers and sisters in unison together in the Mystical Body of Christ. Knowing this, every person that I encounter I treat with that dignity. I'm a simple man from Houston, Texas that's in love with Our Lord Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Mother, and Holy Mother Church, and I love sharing my faith with all that I encounter. In 2019, I entered discernment with the Carmelite Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Wyoming and remained there for a year until I, along with my novice master, discerned that I did not have a vocation in Carmel. To this day, I have great peace in my decision to re-enter lay life, and have profound gratitude towards God and the Monks for allowing me to enter Carmel and mature both spiritually and mentally on my faith journey to The Lord. To any reading this, say yes to The Lord! Surrender to him, and he will work little miracles in your life day by day.