The Enduring Wisdom of Carmel: Prayer as Presence
“Genuine prayer begins in the real world, in our real selves, with all the relationships with other people and our tasks in life. Prayer is not an escape. It is contact with God where He comes to us. That means real life, in the depths of our own identity, in our human contacts with one another.”
Social Concerns Room | St. Thérèse, Cresskill
An interview with Gina Marie Loiacono about the Social Concerns Room, called “In Our Little Way”, at St. Thérèse in Cresskill, NJ, and is dedicated for the purpose of doing service projects to serve our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
The Life of St. Thérèse
This sculptural Wall Relief is a great way to reflect on Thérèse’s life and journey of faith and is one of the great treasures of the St. Thérèse National Shrine Museum in Darien, Illinois.
CarmeLITE Youth Spirituality in Joliet, Illinois
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish’s JUCAR young adult group, CarmeLites, is hosting a six-week series to introduce young adults to the foundations of Carmelite spirituality.
Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Did you know that in addition to having schools Illinois, Arizona, and California, the PCM Province also has schools in Peru?
The Carmelite Family…
The surprising breadth of Carmelite life and ministry around the world.
It’s easy to forget just how large the Carmelite family actually is. Looking only at the O.Carm. Carmelites, the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, there are 20 provinces around the world!
What is a Lay Carmelite?
What does it mean to be a Lay Carmelite? How does the Lay Carmelite life present in daily life and how does it differ from Religious life?
The Enduring Wisdom of Carmel: Amazing Grace
Fr. Ernest Larkin is an American Carmelite theologian and teacher. He gave the keynote address at the first Australian Catholic Charismatic Conference in Melbourne on 1 June 1974; this article is the text of that address.
Contemplative Prayer in Carmelite Spirituality
In Carmelite spirituality, contemplative prayer is the practice of becoming present to God so that God may increasingly become present within us. It is less about saying something to God and more about creating the interior silence in which we can listen, receive, and simply remain with God.
Newsletter for August 2026, No. 17
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4). That is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for this year’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.