'This is Their World:' Inside the Carmelite Monastery, Where Nuns Go For Life
By Art Bukowski | July 5, 2026
On an average day, thousands of people drive by a relatively inconspicuous sign on Silver Lake Road.
“Carmelite Monastery of the Infant Jesus of Prague.”
Many don’t notice this sign, and most don't give it a second thought. Very few know that inside this Roman Catholic facility are 13 cloistered nuns, some of whom haven’t left the property in years. And a few have lived on the 45-acre grounds for decades, leading lives of relative peace and solitude as the modern world churns on on around them.
But even if you don’t know these nuns exist, it doesn’t matter. You are always in their thoughts – and in their hearts …
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