SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

It was not long ago that I came across the tradition of Our Lady of the Pillar, a Marian apparition celebrated on this day in the...

I have recently come across a 'Friends of the OCDS' site on Facebook. Whatever you think of Facebook, it has some virtues! Also a...

At this time of war in Israel, our thoughts go to our fellow Carmelites there. Ten years ago, I had the privilege of staying in the...

I was privileged to be present both when Pope Benedict beatified John Henry in Birmingham and at the canonisation in Rome in 2019. In my...

I have today received a request from Maryvale Institute in Birmingham for applications for their Bachelor of Divinity Course. For...

We Seculars are kept in touch with the wider world of Carmel and the Church through regular updates both from our office in Rome and...

One of the graces that has come out of the pandemic has been the spread of awareness of the new tools available to us for overcoming the...

Last Saturday, 30 September, a new venture at the Rosmini Centre near Leicester. Twenty or Thirty ladies gathered for a Womens' Day...

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