Formation Materials

For Aspirancy

Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Carmel by Paul Marie of the Cross OCD
Catechesis and Ritual for the Scapular of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Scapular Catechesis online and Letter from the Carmelite Provincials
Catechism of the Catholic Church, pages 738-780
Examen of Conscience: there are numbers versions available. Here we provide links for a relatively short examen that can be used for daily practice and another based on the Beatitudes
General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours
Lectio Divina by Sam Anthony Morello OCD
Lumen Gentium - Chapter 5
The New OCDS Legislation and the Vocation to Carmel - talk by Fr Aloysius Deeney OCD (same as pg. 22-37 in Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites)
Profile of an OCDS - talk by Fr Aloysius Deeney OCD (same as Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order, pg 9-21 in Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites)
A Touch of OCDS History by Elizabeth M Korves OCDS

For First Promise

Apostolicam Actuositatem (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)
Catechism of the Catholic Church - Part 4
Chastity: This One and Only Kind of Love by Gerald Alford OCDS
Community and Growth by Jean Vanier
Chapters 1, 3 (Study Guide for OCDS)
Contemporary Challenge of St John of the Cross: His Life and Teachings by Leanard Coohan (was out of print - Provincial Council recommends that if not able to obtain, then substituting another introductory level book on St John of the Cross such as John of the Cross: Man and Mystic by Richard Hardy or Impact of God by Ian Matthew)
Existential Obedience by Gerald Alford OCDS
Historical Notes of the Carmelite Order by Gabriel Barry OCD
Lumen Gentium - Chapter 8
Promise to be Poor by Gerald Alford OCDS
Story of a Soul by St Therese of Liseaux
Way of Perfection by St Teresa of Jesus

For Final Promise

Ascent of Mt Carmel by St John of the Cross
Beatitudes - talk by Aloysius Deeney OCD (same as The Beatitudes and Your Vocation to Carmel - pg. 63-77 in Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites)
Christifideles Laici
Community and Growth by Jean Vanier
Chapters 4, 6, 7 (Study Guide for OCDS)
Interior Castle by St Teresa of Jesus
Journey to Carith by Peter Thomas Rohrbach
Gaudium et Spes
Lumen Gentium
Redemptoris Mater
Spiritual Canticle of St John of the Cross

Other Documents and Legislation