A Call to Carmel as an OCDS with Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

OCDS stands for Order of Carmel Discalced Seculars. Many have never heard of this 3rd part of the Order of Carmel. Guest, Colleen Sollinger, a professed Secular Discalced Carmelite, answers lots of questions on this topic. What is an OCDS? What kind of people are attracted to and suited for the OCDS? What happens at their meetings? How do you discern if you are being called to Carmel? What is required? This program sheds light on what one might expect when making their first visit to an OCDS meeting.   RESOURCES Books: “Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites” by Fr. P. Aloysius Deeney, OCD   “Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition” by Paul-Marie of the Cross, OCD   “The Springs of Carmel” by Peter Slattery   “Climbing the Mountain: the Carmelite Journey” by Johan Bergstron-Allen, T.O.C.

 

The Carmelite Conversations Podcast is an apostolate of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites community of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Dayton, Ohio. Discalced Carmelite Seculars are practicing members of the Catholic Church who, under the protection of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and inspired by St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross, make the commitment to the Discalced Carmelite Order to seek the face of God for the sake of the church and the world. For more information about Secular Carmelites, visit our website.