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SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland
cpblamires
Mar 271 min read
Reading circles
There are so many things going on on the internet that I don't know about, I am always making new discoveries. Today I noticed on the...
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cpblamires
Mar 261 min read
A prayer for peace from a saint
Today's blog comes from OCDS guest blogger Phyllis - with thanks. She writes 'The prayer for peace given below came via the latest mail...
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cpblamires
Mar 251 min read
Fr Aloysius Deeney RIP
How many of us have benefited from the little book by the late Fr Aloysius Deeney about what it means to be a Secular Carmelite! I know I...
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cpblamires
Mar 221 min read
Lesser-known saints
I love to learn about the lesser-known saints - or, to be more accurate, saints not so well-known in the English-speaking world. Today I...
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cpblamires
Mar 212 min read
The Sisters of Mount Carmel
I have just discovered yet another branch of the Carmelite tree through the 'Friends of the OCDS' offerings on Facebook. For all the...
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cpblamires
Mar 201 min read
Going Deeper
'Going deeper' - that has been a phrase constantly in my mind in recent years. The desire to go deeper was the motive that led me to...
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cpblamires
Mar 191 min read
St Joseph and Carmel
St Teresa had a great love for St Joseph - whose Feast Day is of course today - and she took him as patron of the first convent she...
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cpblamires
Mar 181 min read
Impressions from the US
I had to visit the US last week for a Memorial Service for my nephew in Chicago. I also travelled to Dallas and San Francisco to visit...
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cpblamires
Mar 71 min read
Going away
I have to go to the US tomorrow for a week. I probably won't be blogging again till Monday 18 March - though you never know, if I can...
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cpblamires
Mar 61 min read
Examples of penitence
In my investigations into the legacy of our wonderful St Teresa, I have come across all kinds of people whom she has profoundly...
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cpblamires
Mar 51 min read
More thoughts on reaching out
Designing a new leaflet for the presentation of the Secular Carmelites provokes so many questions. What really touches people's hearts...
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cpblamires
Mar 41 min read
What draws them?
I'm involved quite a bit in outreach, in spreading the news about Carmel through leaflets and posters and the internet. But at the heart...
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cpblamires
Mar 12 min read
A very special relationship
Some years ago I translated from the German of Erika Lorenz a book about the delightful relationship between St Teresa and Father...
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cpblamires
Feb 291 min read
`Discerning the way forward
I spent yesterday with a Carmelite trying to discern a way forward from a present situation. I can't claim to have been involved in this...
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cpblamires
Feb 281 min read
Washing feet
Today is the Feast of St Oswald, Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester (d.1992). Somehow it had escaped my attention that there are...
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cpblamires
Feb 271 min read
People do not realise ...'
I had a message recently from a Secular who has been enduring a lot of suffering. I can't resist quoting a line or two from the message:...
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cpblamires
Feb 261 min read
Location, location
I was talking to a friend who is setting up a new Secular group in a cafe in the middle of Manchester. I must confess, I looked a bit...
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cpblamires
Feb 231 min read
Virtual Community
Last night was the night for the monthly meeting of our Carmelite Virtual Community. A small group of us meets on zoom for an hour and a...
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cpblamires
Feb 221 min read
New groups
Something seems to be happening out there. I hear of a new group starting up in Manchester in April (see 'latest news' on the website.) ...
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cpblamires
Feb 211 min read
Parish groups
The Secular Carmelites are not generally organised in parish groups, for members come from different parishes, sometimes at quite a...
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