What we Are

Seekers awakened to the Divine within

What we are is an overflow of our intimacy with the Divine. We seek to experience the All sufficing love of God as our first priority. Impelled by His love, we reach out to others, to share our uniquely treasured experience of God through various ministries.

We are Carmelites who contemplate the Divine within. And we are Apostolic, for our contemplative lives bring forth the light of the mission burning out our lives in the oil of the Divine love, for the glory of God.


            Seeking the Divine in prayer             
 Seeking the Divine in joyful communion  
        Seeking the Divine among people        



Our Legacy




Legacy is a gift from the past that helps create a better future. Legacy of the Apostolic Carmel is that gift
our foundress Mother Veronica handed down to her daughters, passed on for 150 years, a way to experience the All Sufficing
Love of God and to share that love with all through education and other works of love.

God's Elect


“Blessed is the one who come in the name of the Lord.” Believing that all authority comes from God, the Apostolic Carmelites accept in a spirit of faith the leadership of the sisters elected every three years. The Province of Sri Lanka is led by the Provincial, and her team which consists of four councilors to help in the administration of the Province, and the Provincial Bursar, to handle the financial affairs of the province.



M. Innocence A.C. M. Leila A.C. M. Ruth A.C.
M. Euphemia A.C. M. Maude A..C. M. Innocentia A.C.
M. Inisia A.C. M. Cinthia A.C. M. Dilecta A.C.
M. Sunitha A.C. M. Carmella A.C.  
Our Inspirations
(Provincials of the past)
Sr. Rubika Sr. Deepani
Sr. Thusika Sr. Dayalini
Sr. Pradeepa Sr. Gnanadarshini
Our Shepherdesses
(Provincial and the team)



Our Homes


“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.” Lk. 18: 29-30
When we left our homes to follow Jesus in the A.C. Way of life we did not receive one home, but40 homes in Sri Lanka as well as in Pakistan.



Our Mission


Touched by the Divine, reach out to all with compassion







God Calls



Jesus looked around
and saw them
following.
“What do you want?”
He asked them.

They replied,
“Rabbi where do you stay?”

He said,

“Come and See”

There are four years of intense preparation before one starts living the A.C. Way of life, which is called Initial Formation. After the Initial Formation, the Apostolic Carmel habit is offered to those who desire to follow this way of life further. Once, joined to the A.C. Family, there are five more years of preparations before the final commitment. And then we become fully-fledged Apostolic Carmel sisters in the loving family of A.C.







Our Extended Family


Apostolic Carmelites do not limit themselves to their fraternal community alone. We have lay Carmelites who share in our life of prayer and mission. The young buds of the Carmel are called “Carmel Blossoms”. The adults who work alongside the sisters while living a family life are called “Apostolic Carmel Associates”. (ACA)



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