SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

One of the most extraordinary in our Church’s calendar of saints was a near contemporary of St Teresa, an Italian named Camillus of...

A recent stay at Ampleforth Benedictine Abbey revealed to me my limitations and also the depth of the Church’s wisdom.  I have to admit –...

Looking forward to the Therese Summit starting tomorrow at Boars Hill Carmelite Friary outside Oxford (although unfortunately I can only...

Recently I have had to approach some people to ask them to consider taking up positions of leadership.  In each case I was delighted to...

I recently had the delightful experience of attending a Retreat organised at Ampleforth Abbey for Catholic Converts by the Coming Home...

I was struck this morning by some words in the Office of Readings, from a Letter of Pope St Clement I to the Corinthians.  All the more...

I have just received the latest issue of the Carmelite Newsletter circulated from Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.  There is a...

It is fascinating that a whole book has been published (in French) on Therese of Lisieux and St Teresa of Calcutta. The latter laid great...

Delighted to see that today’s Second Reading in the Office of Readings is an extract from our Teresa of Avila ( The Way of Perfection ). ...

I have received the following from Teresa Lynch, Regional Representative of the London Region OCDS, with the request that I publish it on...

I have had an extraordinary fortnight.  First, to the Benedictines at Douai Abbey near Reading for a Carmelite retreat led by the...

I will be in retreat at Douai Abbey near Reading from today and for the rest of the week; next Monday I will be travelling to Ampleforth...

Tomorrow afternoon I will be going on retreat for the rest of the week with fellow Carmelites to the Benedictines at Douai Abbey near...

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...