Along the Way–Prayer, Service and Fraternity
During the second week of Lent, I had the opportunity to visit two Carmelites who are living out the Carmelite call to service and contemplation in ministries that are very distinct and profound.
Along the Way–Christmas in Carmel
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our online Carmelite community! Between the holidays and my overbooked travel schedule in the last weeks of 2012, updating my blog has been challenging to say the least.
60 Second Novena, Day 8: Cloud of Mount Carmel
If you look up the word 'typology' in the dictionary, one of the definitions will be about finding an Old Testament antecedent for a New Testament image. For example, the three days Jonah spent inside the whale is a similar 'type' of story as the three days Christ spent inside the tomb. Or the manna of Moses is a 'type' for the Eucharist.
More Mother than Queen: a Carmelite View of Mary
For most of the Catholic world May is considered the month of Mary with May Processions and Crownings of the May Queen. But the Carmelite connection to Our Lady has traditionally had a distinctly different feel than the regal pomp generally associated with Mary during May.
Our Fulbright Scholar
Matthew James Gummess, currently living at Carith House in Hyde Park, Chicago, will be leaving this month to a town named Talca in the country of Chile. Talca is about three hours south of Santiago, the capital city. As a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, in their Cultural Ambassador program, he will both teach and take classes there during the upcoming year.
First Salvadoran Professes Vows
Brother Alfredo Guillen, O.Carm., the province’s first candidate from El Salvador, professed solemn vows in the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary on July 20, 2011, at the Church of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, in San Salvador.
In Search of a Carmelite Heart
In many cultures people gather at the village well to exchange news. There they catch up on what is happening in the village or beyond.
Sean Keefe: Heaven sent
“A life helping others has been rewarded.”
Meet Our Newest Men in Formation
The Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary welcomes the incoming men into our formation program
Beginning the Journey: The Carmelite Pre-Novitiate Program
The pre-novices are fully immersed in their studies, learning to balance life in community with their academic work. Our schedule consists of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. Formation sessions are weekly and follow a four-week cycle such as studying one of our Carmelite documents, lectio divina, house meetings and group facilitation. Each month, we deepen this process with workshops and presentations on topics in the areas of Human Development and Growth in the ...