Renovation

Of the Carmelite Monastery in Sweden

The renovation and PCB remediation of our monastery has proven to be more extensive and costly than we had initially anticipated. In addition to remediating the monastery’s facade, we also need to remediate the soil around the entire monastery due to high PCB levels there as well. Therefore, we now need some time to consider what the best solution is.

We are currently considering a possible move of the monastery to another more suitable location. However, no decision has been made yet.

We hope that in the coming months we will have clarity on what is the wisest solution for us.

Thank you so much for all your generous gifts!

We still need your support and prayers.

With warm and grateful greetings and prayers from your devoted Carmelite nuns.

How the monastery looks like today

How it will look like after the renovation is completed

All gifts are welcome and will be received with great gratitude.

At the moment we have about 75 000 euros for the renovation. We need about 3 million euros to complete the whole renovation.

If you would like to make a donation to the monastery, you can do so through PayPal:


PayPal account email: klostret@karmel.se
PayPal account name: Samfundet Karmelitsystrarna OCD

If you use Swish you can donate with the following QR-code. Please include your email address in the message field, so we can write to you.

“Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.”
Santa Teresa de Jesús

The Carmelite monastery in Rydebäck was the first monastery officially established in Sweden after the reformation. A group of nuns came from Belgium to Sweden in 1956. The monastery was completed and inaugurated in 1963. The monastery is consecrated to God´s Merciful Love and to St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus.