Canonisation of Carmelite: Blessed Titus Brandsma
Today, Friday 4th March 2022, at 10:30am, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis convened the Ordinary Public Consistory. After the recitation of Terce, the Holy Father announced the canonisation of Blessed Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. The canonisation will take place on Sunday, 15 May 2022, in St Peter’s Square. At
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Care of Creation
On Monday 7 February representatives of the British Province of Carmelites met to discuss the new Laudato Si Action Platform and to further develop our strategy for the Care of Creation. The Platform provides support for Communities, intuitions and families and provides and online space to collaborate, plan, discern and implement a response to Laudato
Garden of Hope at the Shrine of Saint Jude
The Saint Jude Garden of Hope is a new project to create a garden behind the Shrine Office at the National Shrine of Saint Jude. The Apostle’s National Shrine in Faversham, Kent, served by the Carmelite Friars. Those who wish to donate to this special project can do so, here. Saint Jude is best known as the patron
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Death & Requiem of Fr. Kevin Alban, O.Carm., Prior Provincial
It is with sadness, but trusting in the mercy of God, that we announce the death of our brother, Fr. Kevin Alban, O.Carm., on 4th May 2021, aged 62 years. May he rest in peace and rise in glory. His Requiem Mass will take place at The Friars, Aylesford, on Monday 17th May at 11.30am. The
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Celebrate the Feast of Saint Jude with the Carmelites Online
The feast of Saint Jude on 28th October is normally attended by thousands of pilgrims to the Apostle’s National Shrine in Faversham, Kent, served by the Carmelite Friars. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, this year’s feast will be a ‘virtual’ celebration with a wealth of activities that pilgrims can access online through a new website specially created for
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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
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”
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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