OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
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OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
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About Us
Our History
Our Members
Meetings
Formation Materials
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Contact Us
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Formation Materials
For Aspirancy
For First Promise
For First Promise
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
For First Promise
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
Chapter 2
Chapter 3, 4
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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
Other Documents and Legislation
Other Documents and Legislation
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
Other Documents and Legislation
Other Documents and Legislation
The Rule of Saint Albert
OCDS Constitutions
2014 Update to the Constitutions
Constitutions Reference Companion
Provincial Statutes
Formation Guidelines
Ratio Institutionis
Ritual 2017
Pastoral Care of the Secular Order
Study Guides
St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila
Book Of Her Life Study Guide
The Way Of Perfection Study Guide
Foundations Study Guide
Interior Castle Study Guide
Minor Works Study Guide
The Beatitudes
St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila
Fr. Bruno- The Beatitudes Conference
Fr. Doran- On the Counsels and Beatitudes
Sr. Patricia on the Beatitudes from a Carmelite Perspective
Other Topics
St Teresa of Avila
Other Topics
Study Guide for Community and Growth
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