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Our Fulbright Scholar

First Salvadoran Professes Vows

In Search of a Carmelite Heart

Sean Keefe: Heaven sent

Meet Our Newest Men in Formation

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 ...

Fr. Greg’s vocation story
Fr. Gregory Houck, O.Carm Coincidence or calling? Right after college I went to New Jersey for a job interview, and a friend, Dennis, wanted to accompany me for a little sightseeing in New York. At the last moment, though, he cancelled. But, he said that friends of his would put me up while I was in the New Jersey area. When I got to the address Dennis had given me, I found the rectory at Our Lady ...
