SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

Friends in Devon have invited me to go on their Plymouth Diocesan pilgrimage to Crediton at the end of August.  Crediton is by tradition...

I shall be attending a Carmelite Retreat in a couple of weeks.  I am in a minority of one among my fellow Carmelites because they all...

Last week I wrote about the Norbertine Seculars whose existence I had just discovered.  Today I have discovered the existence of the...

On this feast day of St Norbert (1080-1134), I discover that the Norbertines (Premonstratensians/Canons Regular of Prémontré) also have a...

I have just come across an extraordinary new French book containing the correspondence between a duo of Lisieux Carmelite nuns - St...

Our new Holy Father has already referred to our St Therese!  On 28 May he sent a message to the French Bishops celebrating the...

Among the most extraordinary of stories that I have come across in researching the astonishing legacy of St Teresa is that of an opera...

I mentioned the National Council of the Secular Carmelites meeting last week.  The National Council is composed very simply of the...

Back yesterday from our OCDS National Council meeting in the delightful Retreat Centre run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate near Crewe. ...

No more posts till Friday 30th owing to travels.