SAINTS, CARMELITE

Website of the Office of the Carmelite Postulator General - from the General Council website

Calendar of Carmelite Saints - from the Irish Province website
Carmelite Liturgical Calendar - from the Order's website
Stained Glass Windows of the Carmelite Saints - from the Irish website

Writing on the Carmelite Saints in General

Los Santos Carmelitas (by Rafael Maria Lopez-Melus, O. Carm.) - from the PCM Province website - (en español)

Links to Major Figures in Carmelite Spirituality

Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Mother and Sister of Carmel

Elijah - Prophet and Founding Figure of Carmel                                     

Elisha - Prophet   

All Carmelite Saints

All Carmelite Souls

Links to Individual Saints

St. Albert of Jerusalem

St. Albert of Trapani

St. Andrew Corsini

St. Angelus

Sts. Joachim and Anne

St. Joachina de Vedruna de Mas

St. John of the Cross

St. Joseph

St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

St. Peter Thomas

St. Raphael Kalinowski

St. Simon Stock

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

St. Teresa Margaret Redi

St. Teresa of Jesus (of Avila)
St. Teresa of Jesus ‘of Los Andes’

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux)

 

(see also Carmelite Blesseds and Carmelite Servants of God)

S. GIOVANNI LA PUNTA, ITALY; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Monasterio delle Carmelitane)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SANTA IGNACIA, THE PHILIPPINES; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Mater Carmeli Monastery)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, DOMINCAN REPUBLIC; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Monasterio N. Sra. del Carmine)

                    Website of Carmelitas da América Latina e Caribe *

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Monasterio Sta. Teresa de Jesús)

                    Website of Carmelitas da América Latina e Caribe *

Elective Chapters

Monastery of Santa Teresa de Jesús (SDO) – from the CITOC website (March 2005)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SCAPULAR, THE CARMELITE

The Scapular - An Introduction - from the Irish Province website
The Scapular: A Sign of Christian Faith and Commitment - from the Order's website
The Brown Scapular: History and Ritual - from the PCM Province website
Escapulário - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português

Prior General's Letter to Lay Carmelites on the Scapular - from the British Province website

Online News

Address of Pope John Paul II to the Carmelites for the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular (12/IX/2001) - from the Order's website
The Carmelite Family Gathers Around the Holy Father - from the Order's website
The King of Wallis Islands Wears the Carmelite Scapular - from the Order's website
Letter of the Pope on the Occasion of the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular (25/III/2001) - from the Order's website
Mary's Keepsake - The Scapular - from the Irish Province website
More Than 30,000 Faithful Receive the Brown Scapular - from the Order's website
The Pope to the Carmelites: "I Too Wear the Scapular" - from the Order's website
A Scapular Novena - from the Irish Province website
With Mary the Mother of Jesus: On the Occasion of the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular (a letter from the two Superiors General of the Carmelites) - from the Order's website
The Scapular Devotion of Pope John Paul II – from the CITOC website (June 2005)

SCHOOLS, CARMELITE

General Information – from the Order’s website

Websites of Individual Schools

Whitefriars College, Australia – from the Australian Province website *
Terenure College, Dublin – from the Irish Province website *

Online News

Crespi Carmelite Family Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Meeting of the Carmelite Secondary Schools in Spain - from the CITOC website (March 2007)

SCRILLI, VENERABLE MARIA TERESA

(see Venerable Maria Teresa Scrilli)

SECULAR INSTITUTES AFFILIATED TO THE CARMELITE ORDER

The Leaven

The Leaven - UK - from the Order's website
The Leaven Secular Institute - from the Order's website

Online News

50th Anniversary of the Secular Institute "The Leaven" - from the Order's website
The Leaven Elects New Leadership – from the CITOC website (March 2004)

SEVILLE, SPAIN; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Monasterio Santa Ana)

Elective Chapters

Monastery of Santa Ana in Seville, Spain - from the CITOC website (June 2002)
Elective Chapter of Carmelite Monastery in Seville, Spain (SEV) – from the CITOC website (June 2005)
Chapter of Carmelite Monastery in Seville, Spain - from the CITOC website (September 2005)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SERVANTS OF GOD, CARMELITE

Website of the Office of the Carmelite Postulator General - from the General Council website

Maria Teresa di Gesù

Opening of Canonization Process of Mother Asunción Soler Gimeno – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
The Cause of Servant of God Arcángela Badosa, O. Carm. – from the CITOC website (September 2004)

(see also Carmelite Saints and Carmelite Blesseds)

SHIELD, CARMELITE

(see Carmelite Crest)

SHRINES, CARMELITE

St. Jude Shrine at Faversham (UK) - from the British Province website
Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Simon Stock  (Aylesford, UK) - from the British Province website
 

SIMON STOCK, SAINT

Biographical Information

Simon Stock - from the Irish Province website
Simon Stock - from the PCM Province website
Simon Stock - from the PCM Province website
Short Biography - from the Order's website
Simon Stock: Biography & Prayer - from the British Province website
São Simão Stock, Religioso - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português

Shrine of Saint Simon Stock (Aylesford, UK) - from the British Province website 

Images

Simon Stock - from the PCM Province website

SOGLIANO AL RUBICONE, ITALY; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Carmelo Santa María della Vita)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SOURCE CARMELITARUM
           a collection of carmelite documents online

The Rule of St. Albert
The Carmelite Constitutions
Letters from the Popes to the Carmelites
Letters of the Prior Generals to the Carmelites
Medieval Carmelite History
RATIO: Carmelite Formation - A Journey of Transformation

SOUTH AMERICAN REGION

(see Latin American and Caribbean Region)

SPIRITUALITY, CENTERS OF CARMELITE

(see Carmelite Retreat Centers and Houses of Hospitality in the Order)

SPIRITUAL DIRECTORY PROJECT

The Project

"Growing as Brothers" by the Community of Pozzo di Gotto (Sicily) - from the Order's website

SPIRITUALITY AND CHARISM OF THE ORDER, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF THE

Website

Six Year Plan - from the General Council website
Minutes of Meetings - from the General Council website
Members - from the General Council website

Online News

Commission for the Study of the Charism and Spirituality of the Order - from the CITOC website (June 2002)
Commissions Meet with General Council to Promote Common Projects - from the CITOC website (June 2006)

SPIRITUALITY, TOPICS IN CARMELITE

In General

Index of Topics in Carmelite Spirituality - from the Irish Province website
In Allegiance to Jesus Christ: 10 Conferences on Carmelite Life - from the Order's website
Seasons of the Heart: Text of the 2001 General Chapter Retreat - from the Order's website
Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality (1998) - from the Order's website
Seminars of Carmelite Spirituality Offered By American Carmelite Forum - from the Order's website 
Carmelite Spirituality in Britain in the Fourteenth Century - from the British Province website
'A Pilgrim People' by Damian Cassidy, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Shepherds Conformed to Christ' by Michael Cox, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
Introduction to Spirituality in General - from the British Province website
Index of Reflections on Carmelite Spirituality - from the British Province website
'Carmelite Spirituality' by Teresa Clements, DMJ - from the British Province website
'The Fundamental Elements of Carmelite Spirituality' by Joseph Chalmers, O.Carm. - from the British Province website

'Why not me?” by Piet Wijngaard, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'The Quality of Mercy’ by Elizabeth Obbard, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Thoughts from the Journey' by Antony Lester, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'A Pilgrim People' by Damian Cassidy, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Carmel: Expressing our Baptismal Call' by Francis Kemsley, O.Carm. - from the British Province website

'Waiting in Hope' by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Mine are the Heavens’ by Antony Lester, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'The Living Flame of Life and Love for the 21st Century' by Wilfird McGreal, O.Carm. - from the British Province website

'The Resurrection and the Carmelites' by Francis Kemsley, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Seize the Moment! Be Creative!' by Wilfrid McGreal, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'Forgive as you have been forgiven' by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard, O.Carm. - from the British Province website

Charism

Carmel and Mary - from the Order's website
Charism - from the Irish Province website
The Gift and Charism of the Carmelite Order (from the 1995 Constitutions) - from the Order's website
Reflection on the Charism of the Order - from the Order's website
Religious Charism and Pastoral Ministry - from the PCM Province website
Carisma  - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português

Online News

Carmelite Formators Meet in Nairobi to Address Inculturation of the Carmelite Charism Today – from the CITOC website (December 2006)
Critical Formation Issues of the Order's Regions – from the CITOC website (December 2006)

Consecrated Life/Religious Life

The Challenge of Revisioning Religious Life - Reflection from the Prior General Joseph Chalmers - from the CITOC website (September 2005)
Pope Urges New Efforts in Consecrated Life: Warns of "Snare of Mediocrity, Gentrification and Consumeristic Mentality" – from the CITOC website (September 2006)

Elijah

(see Elijah)

Flos Carmeli

Flos Carmeli - from the Irish Province website

Lectio Divina

(see Lectio Divina)

Leisure

Towards a Theology of Leisure: Be Still and Know that I Am God - from the CITOC website (March 2007)

Marian Year - 2001

The Carmelite Marian Year - from the Irish Province website

Mary

Christopher O’Donnell, O. Carm., Receives Prestigious Cardinal John J. Wright Mariological Award – from the CITOC website (September 2006)

(see Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Personal Experiences of Carmel

'A Carmelite Vision’ by Mary Grace Erl, O.Carm. – from the British Province website
'My Journey in Carmel' by Johan Bergstrom-Allen – from the British Province website

Poverty

The Meaning of Poverty for Carmelite Life Subject of Latest Letter from the Prior General to the Carmelite Family - from the CITOC website (June 2006)

Prayer

Seminar on Carmelite Prayer 2000 - from the Order's website
Common Carmelite Prayers – from the British Province website
Night Prayers of Carmel – from the British Province website
'A New Dawn: Renewal in Prayer' by Joseph Chalmers, O.Carm. – from the British Province website
'Contemplation and the Reign of God' by Damian Cassidy, O.Carm. – from the British Province website

Prophecy

'The Prophetic Element of the Carmelite Charism' by Joseph Chalmers, O.Carm. – from the British Province website

Rule of the Carmelites

(see The Carmelite Rule)

Scapular, The

(see The Carmelite Scapular)

Solitude and Silence

'The Sound of Silence’ by Linna White - from the British Province website
'Solitude in Carmel's Tradition' by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard, O.Carm. - from the British Province website
'The Prayer of Silence' by Joseph Chalmers, O.Carm. – from the British Province website
The Recommendation of Silence in the Rule of Carmel – from the CITOC website (December 2003)

Vows, The

The Vows in Carmelite Life: A Call to Transformation - from the Irish Province website

SUORE CARMELITANE DELLE GRAZIE

Online News

General Chapter of Carmelite Sisters of the Graces Celebrated (1999) - from the Order's website
Renewal of the General Council of the Congregation of the Carmelitane delle Grazie - from the CITOC website (March 2006)

SUORE CARMELITANE MISSIONARIE DI S. TERESA DEL BAMBINO GESÙ

Website *

Congregação das Irmãs Carmelitas Missionárias de Sta Teresinha do Mimino Jesus - Brazil - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português

General Chapters

XII General Chapter of the Suore Carmelitane Missionarie di S. Teresa del Bambino Gesù  – from the CITOC website (December 2003)

Online News

123rd Anniversary of the Birth of Mother Crocifissa Commemorated - from the Order's website
Inauguration of New School of Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in the Philippines - from the Order's website
Meeting of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (2000) - from the Order's website
New Mission of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Tanzania - from the Order's website
Restored Casa Famiglia "Maria Andriani Aprosio" of Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus Blessed - from the Order's website
Italian-Maltese Province "Maria Madre del Carmelo": Carmelite Sisters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Maria Crocifissa Curcio to be Beatified – from the CITOC website (March 2005)

Elective Chapters

Chapter of Sutri, Italy - from the Order's website
Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Sutri, Italy – from the CITOC website (June 2004)
Elective Chapter of the Monastery SS.ma Concezione in Sutri, Italy (SUT) - from the CITOC website (June 2007)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

SYMPOSIUMS, CARMELITE

(see Congresses, Forums, Symposiums, Carmelite)