We are seeking to employ a Programme & Community Lead to help establish a new project at The Friars, Aylesford, Kent. This is a unique opportunity to live in community, accompany young adults and develop retreats, programmes and outreach. The role combines community leadership, youth and young adult ministry, programme development and delivery. Be part
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Image: Matthew Janvier O.Carm and Desiderio Garcia Martinez O.Carm, Prior General On Saturday 3rd October, there was great joy and thanksgiving at The Friars, Aylesford, as our brother Matthew Janvier O.Carm made his Solemn Profession as a Carmelite. Surrounded by his family, friends and members of the wider Carmelite family, Matthew made his lifelong commitment to
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This week – until 13 September 2026, it’s Remember A Charity week! What a brilliant opportunity to focus on the remarkable impact of charitable gifts in Wills across the UK. We’ll all be remembered for something. A funny moment. A unique hobby. Or even your legendary dance moves at the local disco night.But you can
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The British Province of Carmelites is developing a new initiative at The Friars, Aylesford, in the heart of Kent. We are creating a space where young people and young adults can experience community, explore faith and grow in confidence and purpose. Rooted in the Christian tradition and shaped by our Carmelite way of life, we walk
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We are delighted to launch the British Carmelites WhatsApp Channel, a new way to stay connected with the life and mission in the province and beyond . Walk the Carmelite way with inspiration and encouragement from our rich Carmelite tradition, alongside news, events and opportunities to grow in faith. The channel features Walking with Carmel, a daily
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North European Carmelite Young Adults, Lisieux, June 2026 In early June, a group of around 40 young adults from the Carmelite Northern European provinces of UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Poland gathered in Lisieux, France, an important pilgrimage site where St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face spent her religious
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A pilgrims reflection I decided to do the Camino under the assurance that if I got nothing else out of it, I’d see some beautiful scenery. Nothing else really felt sure. I didn’t know if the worries and struggles that had been accumulating over the years, and that I was perhaps unconsciously bringing to the
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Most people hurry past Holy Saturday. It is the quietest day of the Church’s year, and perhaps for that reason the easiest to ignore. But no one escapes the reality it represents. Holy Saturday is the day in between—the space after something precious has died, but before anything new has begun. It is the long
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What exactly is the triumph in today’s gospel? We call it the triumphal entry, yet it hardly resembles the kind of triumph we instinctively imagine. There is no military parade, no display of power or prestige. Jesus simply rides a borrowed colt. His followers are not an army but a small, hopeful, slightly bewildered group of
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