ABOUT US
Carmelite seculars, together with the friars and the nuns, are sons and daughters of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Teresa of Jesus. As a result, they share the same charism with the religious, each according to their particular state in life. It is one family with the same spiritual possessions, the same call to holiness (cf. Ep 1:4; 1 Pt 1:15) and the same apostolic mission. Secular members contribute to the order the benefits proper to their secular state of life.
Our membership of the order goes back to the relationship established between laity and the members of religious orders born in the middle ages. Gradually, these relationships took on an official character, forming part of the Religious Institute and taking part in its charism and spirituality.
The members of the secular order of Discalced Carmelites are faithful members of the Church, called to “live in allegiance with Christ” through a friendship with the one we know loves us, and service to the Church.
The Virgin Mary is present in a special way, most of all as a model of faithfulness in listening to the Lord and in service to Him and to others. Mary is the one who preserved in her heart the life and actions of her Son and meditated on them, providing for us an example of contemplation.
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Under the protection of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in the Biblical tradition of the prophet Elijah and inspired by the teachings of Saint Teresa of Jesus and Saint John of the Cross, we seek to deepen our Christian commitment received in Baptism.
