A Polish artist’s tribute to Mary

With Castle Eden in Darien scheduled for demolition, we have used photography and 3D scanning to document an important piece of the Province’s heritage.

It’s Finally Here…

What I learned, all too slowly,
was that my ministry was often misguided.
Good will without the guidance
of deep personal prayer was no match
for the power of the ego.
Fr. Tracy O’Sullivan, O.Carm.

Geographically Separated | Connected by Faith

Among the Lay Carmelites are men and women known as Isolates: members who are geographically separated from a local Lay Carmelite community.

Ken’s Comments | An Editorial

We are driven to create… to fill the void. It is human nature. And we each create… we each fill that void… in our own distinct way.

Center for Carmelite Studies

A Message From the Chair
October 2026 News & Notes

Why God? And… Why, God?

Living a life of ministry as a lay person:
It’s interesting what a little comma can do.
“Why God?” and “Why, God?” contain the same words, in the same order. But sit with them for a moment, and they can take us into very different conversations.

Saint Teresa of Avila: My Lifetime’s Quest

This article is a personal sharing of Fr. Larkin’s experience studying and teaching St. Teresa of Avila. The editor of the Sword invited Fr. Larkin to do an essay in her honor for the IV Centenary of her death (1582-1982). He reflected on his own story vis-a-vis Teresa, and [In his words] “the present personal witness and tribute resulted. It is one man’s experience with a great Saint of the Order.”

Fulton Sheen’s 3rd Order Profession at Whitefriars Hall

A Lay Carmelite asked about the Prior General that received Fulton Sheen’s Third Order Carmelite Profession: His country and province? In which Carmelite Province did he become a Carmelite?

A new door… And lost feet!?!

I recently stumbled across an interesting little piece of information that took me down a rabbit hole. It began with a quiz question about a doorway that caused someone to lose their feet.

One Mission, Two Languages

Our FIRST Bi-Lingual Novena!
Our Novena to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux will be
TWO COMPLETE VIDEOS Each Day – One in ENGLISH and One in SPANISH…