SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

Last night in a Carmelite group we were discussing a letter Therese wrote to one of the missionaries she was in regular contact with, Fr...

I am struck by the fact that Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek OCD (1891-1944) whose feast is today, was beatified by a Pope who had actually...

Friends in Devon have invited me to go on their Plymouth Diocesan pilgrimage to Crediton at the end of August.  Crediton is by tradition...

I shall be attending a Carmelite Retreat in a couple of weeks.  I am in a minority of one among my fellow Carmelites because they all...

Last week I wrote about the Norbertine Seculars whose existence I had just discovered.  Today I have discovered the existence of the...

On this feast day of St Norbert (1080-1134), I discover that the Norbertines (Premonstratensians/Canons Regular of Prémontré) also have a...

I have just come across an extraordinary new French book containing the correspondence between a duo of Lisieux Carmelite nuns - St...

Our new Holy Father has already referred to our St Therese!  On 28 May he sent a message to the French Bishops celebrating the...

Among the most extraordinary of stories that I have come across in researching the astonishing legacy of St Teresa is that of an opera...

I mentioned the National Council of the Secular Carmelites meeting last week.  The National Council is composed very simply of the...

Back yesterday from our OCDS National Council meeting in the delightful Retreat Centre run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate near Crewe. ...

No more posts till Friday 30th owing to travels.

Off today for a meeting of the OCDS National Council.  We usually meet online but we try to gather in person at least once a year and...

There are connections between the Italian St Philip Neri (1515-1595 – saint of today) and our St Teresa.  They were born in the same year...

A friend who is a Secular Carmelite started out as an Anglican cleric, but had to take early retirement aged fifty because of epilepsy. ...

I have an old friend that I meet with twice a year – around the date of her birthday and around the date of my birthday.  We had one of...

We have a small ‘Going Deeper’ group in our parish.  We meet monthly, and our meetings are devoted to saying Evening Prayer together,...

Looking forward to the annual Carmelite pilgrimage to Walsingham on Saturday 28 June.  This pilgrimage has been struggling for numbers in...

I know that our new Pope Leo is rightly commanding our attention and interest right now, but I just came across this report on a talk...

St Simon Stock (feast day today) was elected the sixth general of the Carmelites in 1247 at the first Chapter - held at Aylesford in...