News

The 2023 Silent Day of Recollection for the Lay Carmelite Bay Area Region will be held at the Carmelite House of Prayer in Napa, CA on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is $30, to be paid at the door. Light breakfast, lunch and snacks will be available. Wear your scapular and bring your Liturgy of the Hours.

Read the news from our July 2023 community meeting. Included is information about profession anniversaries for two of our members, the upcoming Regional Day of Recollection in October, and details about next month’s meeting. Our director also invites us to reach out to our inactive members and to remember them in our prayers. Read the whole article for more details and to find out about our Ongoing Formation homework for the next community meeting.

An Ecumenical Dialogue on St. Thérèse of Lisieux with Anders Cardinal Arborelius, OCD, Bishop of Stockholm, and Lutheran bishop Karin Johannesson, bishop of Uppsala. Both have written and spoken widely on the saints and spirituality of Carmel. These events are intended to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beatification of the Little Flower and the 150th anniversary of her birth.

World Youth Day 2023. On Wednesday, August 2nd, the Carmelite family from around the world—Carmelite friars, sisters, youth animators, and young people—gathered at Lisbon’s St. Antonio of Cavalerios, a Carmelite parish of the Portuguese Commissariat. They came to celebrate the Carmelite Day—a day for the Carmelite family to be together during the World Youth gathering in Lisbon, Portugal.

World Youth Day 2023. On Wednesday, August 2nd, the Carmelite family from around the world—Carmelite friars, sisters, youth animators, and young people—gathered at Lisbon’s St. Antonio of Cavalerios, a Carmelite parish of the Portuguese Commissariat. They came to celebrate the Carmelite Day—a day for the Carmelite family to be together during the World Youth gathering in Lisbon, Portugal.