SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

Is there any particular connection between the Apostle St James - whose feast day is today - and St Teresa of Avila? Yes there is. St...

Today is the feast day of a hugely important figure in the history of our Order, Blessed John Soreth (1391-1471), who was Prior General...

Fr Matt Blake, our Delegate from the Friars, makes a very precious contribution to our life in the Secular Carmelites. We prize many of...

The first meeting of the new Northampton OCDS group in the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour took place last Thursday. We had...

In our Northampton group last night we discussed the balance between reading and praying in spiritual growth. Two of us had been...

Yesterday was the feast day of the Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne, France. They died on the guillotine on this day in 1794 in Paris. They...

A hymn and prayer honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In the Carmelite Rite of the Mass, this hymn was the sequnce for the Feast of...

I recently discovered that there has been a great reverence in Chile for Our Lady of Mount Carmel - whose feast day is today - since she...

I came across this prayer I didn't know on the 'Friends of the OCDS' site 'I beg you Lord, let the fiery gentle power of your love Take...

During our Carmelite Retreat at Douai Abbey last week three ladies from Wales made their final promises. Their journey into Carmel had...

'A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.' I have often thought that the first duty of love is to pay...

I have just discovered the 'Carmels in Communion' Facebook page of the Carmelite Sisters in the Philippines - 'the official website of...

Reflecting on our Secular Carmelite retreat at the Benedictine Douai Abbey last week, I am struck by the different charisms of our two...

PS: I just published my blog for the day forgetting to add intercessions. An individual is greatly in need of prayer today as she is...

We had our annual week of retreat for the Southern area at Douai Abbey, a Benedictine establishment between Reading and Newbury, last...

I am off on retreat later this morning, I will be going to Douai Abbey, a Benedictine foundation. I have never been there before so it...

The sun shone gently and pleasantly on Saturday at Boars Hill Carmelite Priory for the friars' fund-raising day. They are needing to...

We have started a new section on the website. It comes under the 'Enrichment' heading. It is simply entitled 'Stories'. We want to...

Looking back on the years before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, it is wonderful to see the great things that have happened in...

Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer (1902-1975) - whose feast day is today - was the founder of one of the most influential and effective...