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Carmelite Conversations Podcast

The Carmelite Conversations podcast discusses Carmelite Spirituality and its application to our busy lives. The podcast provides advice on how to live the Carmelite call to combine contemplative prayer with service to the Church. Carmelite Conversations is of particular interest to Secular Carmelites as it is produced by the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Community of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Dayton, Ohio. But whether you're a Secular Carmelite or just interested in Carmelite saints, you'll enjoy the hundreds of podcast episodes in our archive and the new ones we publish each week.

April 1, 2025

Dark Night of the Senses with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS, shares a Lenten message about the Dark Night of the Senses, St. John of the Cross, disposing ourselves to God's grace, and seeking God, not His gifts.

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March 17, 2025

Mount Carmel magazine: Why you should read it and how to subscribe

Mount Carmel magazine provides wisdom from a venerable Carmelite, contemplative tradition.
Mount Carmel magazine has been devoted to making the riches of Carmelite spirituality available to everyone for more than 70 years. It provides an excellent …

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Feb. 14, 2025

Into the Silent Land with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS shares a reflection on how to accept our own weaknesses and obstacles to our union with God. Deacon Mark quotes the book Into the Silent Land by Martin Laird.

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Jan. 14, 2025

Secular Carmelite Vocations Growing in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

There are more than 100 Discalced Secular Carmelites in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati—lay people who commit themselves to live as apostolic contemplatives, seeking interior silence and solitude amid their busy lives, professional careers, fami…

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Jan. 13, 2025

Advancement ceremony homily with Fr. John MacQuarrie

During this homily given by Fr. John MacQuarrie, the spiritual assistant for our Secular Carmelite Community, discusses the outward sign of Carmel as he welcomes three members of our community who were clothed with the ceremonial brown scapular.

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Thank You!

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Interior Castle

"France and Teresa, you two are amazing!! We love listening to this podcast and look forward to it each month. You bring so much to this conversation. and help us to understand what St. Teresa is t…"

Jean | May 2, 2023

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"A lovely podcast with helpful commentary on contemplation."

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