Innovation in Carmel

I was looking at the latest issue of OCD Comunicationes (no. 422) – reports of OCDS activities from around the world - and my attention was caught by an unusual report from India.  In Kerala the Discalced Carmelites have set up a Carmelite Heritage Museum, intended to ‘preserve and communicate the rich spiritual heritage of Carmel through history, art, and prayer’.  This sounds impressively innovative; among other things, it ‘features an outdoor prayer garden based on St Teresa’s symbolism of the four ways of prayer and an immersive presentation of the Interior Castle’.  I am fascinated by the truly creative thinking behind these projects!  I have read about museums and galleries that put on ‘immersive experiences’ but I have not visited one yet.  I would think that the Interior Castle is a perfect vehicle for such an enterprise. Perhaps the idea will catch on elsewhere?    

Intercessions

RIP Mervyn Leach, father of two Secular Carmelites; Daranee Teapthong

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Theresa K

Sophie – newborn having heart surgery; Sianna, young child in the post-operative phase

Ivy – sick child

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (recovering from stroke)

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.