Carmel: A School of Desire was the seminar’s theme. I wanted to see this desire, feel this desire, and understand this desire. How does the Carmelite Rule speak to us today? What is God saying to us in our inner being? Can I get quiet enough to hear what God is saying to me?

From Boston to Houston to Sydney and Back Again
By: Father Christopher Kulig, O.Carm.

Be open to the power of the Holy Spirit,” preached Cardinal Pell in the opening Mass for World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Indeed, the Holy Spirit was the focus of this WYD celebration, mirrored in its musical anthem, “Alleluia, receive the power of the Holy Spirit.”

“Come to the Water and Be Refreshed”
By: Sal Lema

Come to the Water and be Refreshed, was the theme for the 2008 Chapter of Carmelites of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Province, held June 16-20, 2008, in Darien, Illinois. The triennial meeting is a calling of the Province to come together to elect leaders who will serve its members with the Carmelite charism through their dedication.

Feature Story:
A Time of Great Loss; A Time of Opportunity

We have begun the month of June, the start of the six months of the hurricane season. This is the half of the year when we pray to Our Lady of Prompt Succor, whom the Ursuline sisters prayed to during the battle of New Orleans to save the city from the British. When Katrina was coming, we prayed.

Three Vietnamese Carmelites Ordained Priest
By: Very Rev Michael Kissane, O.Carm.

On Monday, May 5th, amid the joyful tears of family, friends and fellow Carmelites, three men were ordained priests in a spiritfilled and tradition-rich ceremony that lasted a little more than two hours.

The Ordination of Herman Kinzler, O.Carm.
By: Father Greg Houck, O.Carm.

In many ways, Herman Kinzler has always been a Carmelite. Firstly, he was born a Kinzler and that is a name long-associated with the Carmelites through his cousin, Father Leonard Kinzler, O.Carm., who was sixty years in the Order...

The Ordination of Hasely King, O.Carm.
Brother Joseph F. Maides, O.Carm.

It is with great joy that I proclaim that the Good News and the Carmelite charism are alive and well in Trinidad and Tobago! For on the morning of July 19, 2008, Hasely King, O.Carm., a member of the Saint Elias (NY) Province and a native son of this wonderfully beautiful island country, was ordained to the priesthood at Saint Michael’s Church in Maracas Valley, Trinidad.

An Appetizer Course with the Carmelite Forum
By: Sal Lema

Carmel: A School for Desire was the title of this year’s 19th annual Summer Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality presented by the Carmelite Forum. More than 150 participants came together at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. They came from New Orleans, Louisiana; from Annville, Pennsylvania and from Pepper Pike, Ohio. Others made the journey from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; from Bronx, New York; Ventura, California; Dallas, Texas; West Palm Beach, Florida; and everywhere in between.

The Lickteig Chalices: Separated at Birth, Rejoined at Last
By: Reverend Bernard Lickteig, O.Carm.

Back in the mid-1800s, I had a great, great uncle, Henry Ruckers, who had emigrated from Germany to Kansas, but when he heard about the gold strikes in California he joined the throngs heading out West to strike it rich as ‘forty-niners.’ And that he did, returning to Kansas rather wealthy. There he started buying up Kansas farmland around Scipio, Kansas, eventually amassing thousands of acres.

Making a Carmelite Army of Glass
By: Brother David Genders, O.Carm.

When I was young, my dad had a hobby of working with stained glass. As gifts, he would often make small stained glass angels, which, in my opinion, looked beautiful. He set up a corner of our garage as his workspace and I would watch as he cut the glass...

The Ordination of Enrique Varela, O.Carm.
By: Father Gregory Houck, O.Carm.

On Saturday morning, May 17, 2008, it seemed that the whole parish of Saint Raphael’s in southeast Los Angeles, California, attended the ordination to the priesthood of Enrique Varela, O.Carm...