I visited the Spirit of Carmel OCDS community on Saturday in Preston, Lancashire. Preston was for many decades one of the most Catholic towns in the country. I was struck by the challenges the Spiri
I found this passage by a Secular Carmelite named Carmel Semple that I have excerpted for St Matthew’s day. ‘Matthew 4:11–23 is a deeply Carmelite Gospel. It recounts how Jesus spent most of his life
I was always fascinated by the Italian Conventual Friar St Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663, feast day today). He had something in common with our St Teresa – the experience of levitation. ‘He was ac
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