Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Finland

The Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Finnish: Jumalanäidin karmeliittaluostari; "the Carmelite monastery") was a small Catholic monastery of Carmelite nuns in Espoo, Finland, established in 1988 by sisters from the Carmelite monastery in San Rafael, California. The community latterly consisted of six nuns.[1]

Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Finland

The last of the nuns left Finland in 2021, when the monastery was closed.[2]

See also

References
  1. Official site of the monastery: history
  2. Seurakuntalainen - Viimeiset karmeliittanunnat jättävät Suomen ensi viikolla


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