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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The new Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, set out last week on a six-day walking pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, as part of her spiritual preparation for her Installation service at Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 25 March. The British Province of Carmelites were proud that during this personal
The readings for this Sunday draw us into one of Scripture’s most daring claims: God refuses to leave anything dead. Not bones scattered in a desert, not a friend sealed in a tomb, not the parts of our own lives that feel beyond repair. The God who speaks through Ezekiel and acts through Jesus is
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“Every journey begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu The new Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, set out earlier this week on a six-day walking pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, as part of her spiritual preparation for her Installation service at Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 25 March. The
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