Carmel--A life in Community
A sign of unity and bond of union in Christ lived in joyful service and charity to one another.

"Community life, as set forth in the Rule of Carmel and renewed by Saint Teresa, follows the example of the primitive Church.  It requires that the sisters who have been called to form the little "College of Christ" should help one another advance toward sanctity.  Their supreme law must be the love which the Master enjoined on his disciples, the very love which he proved in giving his life for us."   Constitutions  87

Saint Teresa envisioned women living as hermits, but in community…  small communities. . . . . prayerful communities that make up the little College of Christ.

Our Holy Mother Saint Teresa encouraged her daughters  that "All must be friends, all must love one another, all must be cherished, and all must help one another."