SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

What can we say on the eve of this special Feast, cherished all over the world by so many! That the infinite God should have taken...

Coming to the end of this natural year, we tend to look back on what has happened and ponder the lessons and the gifts we have received. ...

A Carmelite friend was telling me yesterday how much she hated the modern world. It made me reflect on the delight I actually take in...

At the Lunch at Boars Hill to celebrate the Feast Day of St John of the Cross that I blogged about last week, I met a convert from...

Saturday was devoted to a monthly trip to Hampshire, where a new Secular group was founded in 2022. We still haven't decided on a name,...

Yesterday on the Feast of St John of the Cross I was kindly invited to share in celebrating the occasion at a special lunch provided by...

Today in Carmel we celebrate the Feast Day of St John of the Cross. I personally am hugely indebted to him for the spiritual help he has...

I wrote yesterday about Pauline Vanier (1898-1991), Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, wife of the Governor General of Canada,...

I have been reading a rather beautiful book entitled Mercy within Mercy. Georges and Pauline Vanier and the Search for God. Georges...

One of the delights of becoming a Catholic was a discovery that the Church had never given up the practice of making saints - which I had...

The latest issue of 'Communicationes' bearing news from Secular Carmelites around the world arrived the other day. It reminded me of...

I have been immensely impressed with the post-synodal appeal of the Bishops of England and Wales to the Catholic people. It really...

Today is the Feast of Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti, a little-known Italian Carmelite who died in 1495. He was known for his love of the...

I came across this quotation from St Francis de Sales which I find immensely consoling: 'Be patient with everyone, but above all with...

I have just joined a new Facebook group called 'Friends of St Therese of Lisieux'. (I am already a member of the 'Friends of the OCDS'.)...

I keep discovering unfamiliar Orders out there in the wider world which aim to combine Teresa's contemplative ideal with apostolic works....

I love today's second reading from the Office of Readings, said to be by St Macarius. Here's a quotation from it: 'When a farmer...

I have a fondness for St Catherine Laboure, the originator of the Miraculous Medal, whose feast day is today. I was received into the...

Very happy to advertise a forthcoming meeting in London. 'Dear Friends of Fr Marie-Eugene, we will have our third meeting next Saturday...

Just been reading a delightful article about Therese on the net. There are so many paradoxical things about this saint 'who never...