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SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland
The Adorable Providence
I have an old friend that I meet with twice a year – around the date of her birthday and around the date of my birthday. We had one of...
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Silence is golden
We have a small ‘Going Deeper’ group in our parish. We meet monthly, and our meetings are devoted to saying Evening Prayer together,...
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Walsingham and Carmel
Looking forward to the annual Carmelite pilgrimage to Walsingham on Saturday 28 June. This pilgrimage has been struggling for numbers in...
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2 days ago1 min read
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Pope Francis and St Teresa
I know that our new Pope Leo is rightly commanding our attention and interest right now, but I just came across this report on a talk...
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3 days ago2 min read
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Carmel's debt to an Englishman
St Simon Stock (feast day today) was elected the sixth general of the Carmelites in 1247 at the first Chapter - held at Aylesford in...
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6 days ago2 min read
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A saint for psychiatric help
It is my firm conviction that life in Carmel is good for a person’s mental health. For example, our trust in the Divine Providence helps...
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May 152 min read
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Saints of the Little Way
St (Mother) Teresa of Calcutta and St Therese of Lisieux – what on earth could they have had in common? The saint of Calcutta, having...
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May 142 min read
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Another English composer with a Carmelite connection
I wrote about the Carmelite connection of English Catholic convert musician Sir Lennox Berkeley yesterday, and that made me think of...
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May 131 min read
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A Composer with Carmelite Connections
We were talking about musicians with Carmelite connections in one of our groups recently. Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) was actually...
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May 121 min read
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The White Smoke has spoken!
By coincidence, we had an OCDS meeting yesterday evening in Oxford, so we were gathered together when the white smoke was reported from...
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May 91 min read
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A Conference for Converts
I have been invited to a Conference for Catholic Converts towards the end of June in the magnificent setting of Ampleforth Abbey. More...
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May 81 min read
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How to be a prophet
I was discussing Constitutions no. 5 with another Carmelite yesterday. Appealing to the example of St Elijah, it speaks of the...
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May 71 min read
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A Carmelite Pope?
I was actually staying in the Holy Land on the occasion of a Carmelite Renewal Course in 2013 at the time Pope Francis was elected. Our...
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May 61 min read
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Spiritual growth and academic knowledge
Some people coming into Secular Carmel approach it as if it were a training course requiring the acquisition of specific knowledge, but I...
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May 52 min read
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On not complaining
We were discussing Chapter 11 of Teresa’s Way of Perfection in an OCDS meeting last night. The more I become immersed in this work, the...
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May 21 min read
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St Teresa and St Joseph
On this feast of St Joseph the Worker I am reminded of Teresa’s devotion to him. “Would that I could persuade all men to be devout to...
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May 12 min read
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The Garden of Carmel
It is especially in this Spring season that I ponder the beauty of the word ‘Carmel’ – which means ‘garden’. I look out of the window on...
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Apr 301 min read
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Two giants of the faith
St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380 (feast day today) is often linked with St Teresa of Avila. Together they were declared the first women...
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Apr 291 min read
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Spreading joy
Yet another Carmelite saint who died young! In the life of Blessed María Felicia Guggiarri Echeverría OCD (1925-1959), familiarly known...
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Apr 282 min read
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Blog suspended till 28 April
I wish Happy Easter to one and all - when it comes. The Blog is suspened till 28 April due to travels - I am visiting family in the USA...
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Apr 151 min read
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