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 …
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…
What is prayer?
Prayer is the response of those who ‘feel’ God’s ‘pull’ and the gnawing emptiness at our center that hungers to be fed. It is both the “where” and the “when” of the prayer of recollection in whic…
Why should I pray?
Without life – God’s greatest gift to us – we simply would not be. But here we are, breathing, thinking, speaking, acting, hurting, laughing, fearing, and hoping. We pray because we are children of God and this is the way we develo…
How to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) and why
As Secular Carmelites (OCDS), we pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the morning and evening each day. Our Carmelite Rule instructs, "those who know how to say the canonical hours with those in orders should do so, in the way those holy forefathers of …
58 ideas for what to do for Lent this year
What are the three main considerations for the Lenten season for Catholics and some typical responses?
Pray: form a habit of daily prayer if you haven’t and/or increase prayer time
Fast: typically giving up an attachment or something takin…
Find a Secular Carmelite Community near you
The links below will help you find a Secular Carmelite Community near you in the United States.
Washington Province
Oklahoma Province
Arizona-California Province
If you live in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, there are three Secular Car…
12 free online books about Carmelite spirituality
While we prefer books published by ICS Publications because we believe they are the best translations, sometimes you want to get a feel for a book before you purchase an actual print or electronic copy. Because many Carmelite books were written hund…