Marin, charity plan housing in former monastery

Marin, charity plan housing in former monastery

Marin County and Catholic Charities have jointly received a $2.7 million grant to create permanent supportive housing in a former monastery in San Rafael. The Carmelite Monastery of the Mother of God was created in 1965 by Mother Miriam of the Trinity to pray for the conversion of Russia. It was closed in 2021 because of the declining number of nuns living there. In 2022, the county opened a transitional housing site called Carmelita House in on…