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Saint Teresa of Avila’s Message for Us Today: a new video reflection

On the feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus (of Avila), the British Province of Carmelites is delighted to publish the second video in its new Carmelite Spirituality Series on YouTube. In these videos, Carmelite friars and friends of the Order offer short reflections on different aspects of Carmelite spirituality, or give a Carmelite perspective on various aspects of life, as part […]

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Major new resource published on Carmelite history

Carmelite Friars

A major new resource has been published that throws light on the lives of medieval Carmelites. The Biographical Register of Carmelites in England and Wales 1240-1540 is the result of decades of meticulous research by leading historian and Carmelite friar Father Richard Copsey, O.Carm. For over thirty years Father Richard has visited libraries and archives across Europe recording whatever

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Pope Francis says believers “need the spirit of Elijah”

Pray

On 7th October 2020 Pope Francis’s Wednesday General Audience was of even more interest to Carmelites than usual, since the Holy Father’s catechesis was on the biblical prophet Elijah, whom Carmelites revere as spiritual father of the Order. The pope said that believers “need the spirit of Elijah” as part of his ongoing reflection on prayer

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British Carmelites launch new “Carmelite Spirituality Series” on YouTube

Spirituality

The British Province of Carmelites has launched a new Carmelite Spirituality Series of videos on its YouTube channel. In these videos, Carmelite friars alongside other members and friends of the Order will offer short reflections on different aspects of Carmelite spirituality, or give a Carmelite perspective on various aspects of life. It is hoped that the Carmelite Spirituality Series will offer

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New Carmelite book offers spiritual support in time of pandemic

Carmelite Friars

A new book published by the Carmelite Friars at The National Shrine of Saint Jude in Faversham, Kent, offers spiritual support during this time of pandemic. God in the Time of Covid-19 is offered by the Order as a way of nurturing the interior life, as well as maintaining a spiritual connection between members of the Carmelite Family and friends

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News from our Discalced Carmelite Brothers in Ireland

Carmelite Friars

We, the friars of the British Province of the Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) enjoy a warm fraternal relationship with our brothers in the Anglo-Irish Province of the Discalced/Teresian Carmelites (O.C.D.). We collaborate in a number of projects, including The Carmelite Institute of Britain and Ireland. A new Provincial of the Discalced Carmelite Anglo-Irish Province – Father John Grennan, O.C.D. – was

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Carmelite Friar Ordained Bishop in Puerto Rico

Carmelite Friars

A number of Carmelite friars are invited by the Pope to serve the Church as bishops around the world. The most recent episcopal ordination of a Carmelite took place on 15th August 2020, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O.Carm., was made Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, the

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British Carmelite Prior Provincial’s Message for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady

On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 16th July 2020, the Prior Provincial of the British Province of Carmelites, Fr. Kevin Alban, O.Carm., has written the following message: Dear members and friends of the Carmelite Family, On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Mass we read from St. John’s Gospel

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Carmelite Calm in a Crisis: What do we ask God for, and why?

Spirituality

Continuing the Carmelite Order’s contribution to well-being in the current coronavirus pandemic, Fr. Kevin Alban, Prior Provincial of the British Province of Carmelites, offers the second reflection in a series on prayer… What do we ask God for – and why? In times of crisis it seems quite normal for many people to turn to God, even

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Coronavirus (Covid-19): Carmelite Spiritual Support

Spirituality

The Carmelite Prior Provincial in Britain, Fr. Kevin Alban, O.Carm., wrote on 18th March 2020 … Carmelites in Britain have been following the guidelines and advice from the government, the NHS, and from the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences regarding public services. On 18th March the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales announced that we have now reached the point where all

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