Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, New Mount Carmel, United States

What it is

A cloistered community of Carmelite monks founded in 2003 in the Diocese of Cheyenne, living in the mountains near Meeteetse, Wyoming. The monks roast and sell Mystic Monk Coffee and are building a Gothic stone monastery with their own hands, cutting the stone on computer-controlled machines.

What it needs

The monastery has been under construction since 2014 on land bought near Meeteetse in 2010, and the monks now live there, having sold their first monastery at Clark. The work is now concentrated on the main chapel: the apse vault was reported complete in July 2026 and the monks are carving and setting its granite. The New Mount Carmel Foundation collects donations for the building; each phase is built only when fully funded, so there is no debt.

Before you act. No fundraising target or cost is published. The foundation says every phase is fully paid for before it is built. A May 2026 newspaper report estimated about six more years of work on the church. Coffee sales now cover the monks' food and electricity.

Sources

Last checked 9 November 2026. Responsible body: New Mount Carmel Foundation, Inc. (for the building); the monks directly for daily support.

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