SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

I was with some Seculars in formation the other day and we were discussing the call to obedience to be found in our Constitutions. I...

I can't resist writing a few lines about the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, who wear a most beautiful rose-coloured habit which has led...

It has come to our attention that the option for readers of this blog to send comments got disabled. That was not our intention,...

Today is the feast of St Simon Stock - for ever associated with the scapular. He was English and I would love to associate him with the...

Today is the feast of Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130), who has a very special connection with our St Teresa. He was a farm labourer and a...

There are many encouraging and inspirational sites on Facebook (along with the darker side). 'The Friends of the OCDS' is one such site...

I love it that we have such wonderful child saints in the Church. Today in the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima we remember the three little...

Yesterday I blogged about how in younger days I used to envy the disciples and others who actually saw and heard Jesus in the flesh,...

In younger days I would occasionally feel envious of the disciples and those around Jesus. They had the enormous privilege of seeing him...

A good many years ago, I was on a holiday in Sicily, where of course one of the attractions was Mount Etna, which was particularly lively...

A theme of some of my recent conversations with individuals in Carmel or interested in Carmel has been the importance of spiritual...

I have just completed an article for our magazine Mount Carmel on a remarkable classic book by Gertrud von le Fort, a German baroness who...

Belonging to wider communities has always been a problem for individuals living in remote or semi-remote locations. The Seculars...

To my shame, I confess that I have only just discovered the website of the British Carmelite nuns - carmelitenuns.uk It is rather...

St Teresa cherished St Joseph and named him as patron of her first foundation in Avila. I found an article on the net devoted to the...

Having got involved in setting up new groups in recent times, I have been struck by the number of persons out there who want to go deeper...

It's hard to resist comparing the saint of today, St Catherine of Siena, with our St Teresa of Avila. Two utterly indomitable women who...

'Let us love, - since our hearts are made for nothing else'. I love this saying, because it reminds us that when we practise what Jesus...

Delighted to report that our new leaflets have arrived. We have used the theme of 'launch out into the deep', fronted by a design...

Appropriately enough on this St George's Day, we have a mass intention today in our parish for Mgr George Hay, a much-loved priest who...