SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
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I came across this quote attributed to 'Mother Teresa' - I guess that is St Teresa of Calcutta: 'Suffering is a sign that you have come...

In Rome representatives of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters have been meeting to discuss revision of their Constitutions, and they were...

The spread of the Teresian Reform outside Spain is an amazing story in itself. A Frenchman called Jean de Bretigny (1556-1634) whose...

I was taught in my young Protestant days that the Church in the era prior to the Reformation had fallen into a universal and hopeless...

I will never forget my first visit to Lourdes: I am thinking about it because today is St Bernadette's feast day. Those nightly...

I came across this quotation from St Teresa of the Andes, whose Feast Day was last week. I found it on the Facebook site of The Friends...

One of the most fascinating aspects of our faith is the veneration of so many persons who lived 'hidden' lives and died young. We are...

I have mentioned the passing of Fr Aloysius before - he left us on 14 March. Now I learn a little bit more about him from the bulletin...

I have been reading the recently-published and well-publicised book by Catherine Coldstream about her time in a Carmelite monastery -...

The latest issue of Communicationes, the bulletin sent out at intervals from our Rome HQ, contains the news that our current celebration...

At least in the Northern hemisphere, the Spring is here with its magnificent gift of blossoms and colour and the fresh beauty of the new...

In some ways this is an exhilarating time in the Seculars. A new group is scheduled to start in Manchester City Centre on 20 April. A...

It has been a dramatic week, with the passing of Mgr George Hay, a highly respected and much loved priest of the Diocese of Plymouth. I...

Out of reverence for the solemnity of the Triduum, I will break off from blogging as from today. I will extend the break after Easter...

There are so many things going on on the internet that I don't know about, I am always making new discoveries. Today I noticed on the...

Today's blog comes from OCDS guest blogger Phyllis - with thanks. She writes 'The prayer for peace given below came via the latest mail...

How many of us have benefited from the little book by the late Fr Aloysius Deeney about what it means to be a Secular Carmelite! I know I...

I love to learn about the lesser-known saints - or, to be more accurate, saints not so well-known in the English-speaking world. Today I...

I have just discovered yet another branch of the Carmelite tree through the 'Friends of the OCDS' offerings on Facebook. For all the...

'Going deeper' - that has been a phrase constantly in my mind in recent years. The desire to go deeper was the motive that led me to...