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SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland
cpblamires
Apr 301 min read
Spiritual hunger
Having got involved in setting up new groups in recent times, I have been struck by the number of persons out there who want to go deeper...
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cpblamires
Apr 291 min read
St Catherine and St Teresa
It's hard to resist comparing the saint of today, St Catherine of Siena, with our St Teresa of Avila. Two utterly indomitable women who...
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cpblamires
Apr 261 min read
St Therese says ...
'Let us love, - since our hearts are made for nothing else'. I love this saying, because it reminds us that when we practise what Jesus...
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cpblamires
Apr 241 min read
New leaflets
Delighted to report that our new leaflets have arrived. We have used the theme of 'launch out into the deep', fronted by a design...
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cpblamires
Apr 231 min read
Father George
Appropriately enough on this St George's Day, we have a mass intention today in our parish for Mgr George Hay, a much-loved priest who...
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cpblamires
Apr 221 min read
Suffering
I came across this quote attributed to 'Mother Teresa' - I guess that is St Teresa of Calcutta: 'Suffering is a sign that you have come...
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cpblamires
Apr 191 min read
Big event in Rome
In Rome representatives of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters have been meeting to discuss revision of their Constitutions, and they were...
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cpblamires
Apr 181 min read
The lady who brought Teresa's spirit to France
The spread of the Teresian Reform outside Spain is an amazing story in itself. A Frenchman called Jean de Bretigny (1556-1634) whose...
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cpblamires
Apr 172 min read
Courage against the tide
I was taught in my young Protestant days that the Church in the era prior to the Reformation had fallen into a universal and hopeless...
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cpblamires
Apr 161 min read
The call of Lourdes
I will never forget my first visit to Lourdes: I am thinking about it because today is St Bernadette's feast day. Those nightly...
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cpblamires
Apr 151 min read
A beautiful quotation from a beautiful saint
I came across this quotation from St Teresa of the Andes, whose Feast Day was last week. I found it on the Facebook site of The Friends...
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cpblamires
Apr 121 min read
Another Teresa
One of the most fascinating aspects of our faith is the veneration of so many persons who lived 'hidden' lives and died young. We are...
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cpblamires
Apr 111 min read
More on Fr Aloysius Deeney OCD
I have mentioned the passing of Fr Aloysius before - he left us on 14 March. Now I learn a little bit more about him from the bulletin...
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cpblamires
Apr 101 min read
A name in the news
I have been reading the recently-published and well-publicised book by Catherine Coldstream about her time in a Carmelite monastery -...
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cpblamires
Apr 91 min read
Anniversaries
The latest issue of Communicationes, the bulletin sent out at intervals from our Rome HQ, contains the news that our current celebration...
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cpblamires
Apr 81 min read
The gift of Spring
At least in the Northern hemisphere, the Spring is here with its magnificent gift of blossoms and colour and the fresh beauty of the new...
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cpblamires
Apr 51 min read
New groups
In some ways this is an exhilarating time in the Seculars. A new group is scheduled to start in Manchester City Centre on 20 April. A...
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cpblamires
Apr 41 min read
In Memoriam
It has been a dramatic week, with the passing of Mgr George Hay, a highly respected and much loved priest of the Diocese of Plymouth. I...
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cpblamires
Mar 281 min read
An Easter break
Out of reverence for the solemnity of the Triduum, I will break off from blogging as from today. I will extend the break after Easter...
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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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