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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British Carmelites launch new "Carmelite Spirituality Series" on YouTube

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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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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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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Holy Doors

Pray

One of the common features of a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church is to designate a number of ‘Holy Doors’. These Holy Doors are normally at the ancient basilicas in Rome and in other significant places of worship, such as cathedrals and pilgrimage sites. By coming on pilgrimage to these places, Christians are better

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