News from our Discalced Carmelite Brothers in Ireland

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

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

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

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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