"Carmel teaches the Church how to pray" Pope Benedict XVI Since 1950, the Carmelites at Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson, AZ) have cultivated a community of service and prayer where the focus has not simply been on academic excellence but also on helping students spiritually develop into their fullest selves. What follows are our students' conversations with God.

"Carmel teaches the Church how to pray" Pope Benedict XVI Since 1950, the Carmelites at Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson, AZ) have cultivated a community of service and prayer where the focus has not simply been on academic excellence but also on helping students spiritually develop into their fullest selves. What follows are our students' conversations with God.

"Carmel teaches the Church how to pray" Pope Benedict XVI (2009). For seven decades the Carmelites at Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson, AZ) have cultivated a community of service and prayer where the focus has not simply been on academic excellence but also on helping students spiritually develop into their fullest selves. What follows are our students' conversations with God.

DAY NINE Loving God, St. Thérèse never doubted that her life had meaning. Help us to understand the possibilities for loving and blessing all those we meet in our lives each day with confidence in your deep and abiding love for us. Let us with St. Thérèse our sister model and intercessor, come to You with our petitions, relying on your grace and mercy. (Here mention your petitions quietly) Hear these petitions we make in trust and confidence ...

DAY EIGHT Loving God, You surrounded St. Thérèse with a gracious love and made her a tower of strength to people who had lost. faith in You. Help us to be unafraid to pray with confidence for the many in our culture who do not believe they can be loved. Let us with St. Thérèse our sister model and intercessor, come to You with our petitions, relying on your grace and mercy. (Here mention your petitions quietly) Hear ...

DAY SEVEN Loving God, St. Thérèse offered to You her frailty and powerlessness. Help us to see in our weakness and our diminishments an opportunity for letting Your light and Your strength be all we need. Let us with St. Thérèse our sister model and intercessor, come to You with our petitions, relying on your grace and mercy. (Here mention your petitions quietly) Hear these petitions we make in trust and confidence not only for ourselves but for ...