Mount Carmel Home - Keens Memorial has been owned and operated by the Corpus Christi Carmelite Sisters since 1929. They are a small group of Nuns engaged in all types of social, religious, educational and mission work in the United States, England, the Caribbean, and Africa.Our History

Mount Carmel Home started when Francis G. Keens, a pioneer Kearney businessman, came to Kearney for his annual inspection of his property, "The Keens Flats". He quickly sensed the changes taking place in Kearney. Families were moving to the north side of town to live in detached residences instead of flats. He began to consider and to plan. He remembered that there had been a small brick building on the north side that had be the nucleus for a fine modern hospital operated by the Sisters of St. Francis and wondered if something similar couldn't be done with Keens Flats. He met with the parish priest and the idea of a home for the aged came about, subject to the approval of the Bishop and provided some Sisters could be found to take over the work.