OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama

OCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, AlabamaOCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, AlabamaOCDS 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, AlabamaOCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, AlabamaOCDS Community of The Holy Spirit in Mobile, Alabama
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our History
  • Our Members
  • Meetings
  • Formation Materials
  • Photos
  • Contact Us
  • Calendar

Formation Materials 2023

For All

For Aspirancy

For Aspirancy

  • Formation Handbook
  • Formation Handbook (on Lulu)

For Aspirancy

For Aspirancy

For Aspirancy

  • Aspirancy Handbook
  • Aspirancy Handbook (on Lulu)

For First Promise

For First Promise

For First Promise

  •  Formation I, Year A, Way of Perfection 
  • Formation I, Year A, Way of Perfection (on Lulu)
  • Formation I, Year B, History & Charism
  • Formation I, Year B, History & Charism (on Lulu)
  • Formation I, Years A & B Combined
  • Formation I, Years A & B Combined (on Lulu)

For Final Promise

For First Promise

For First Promise

  • Formation II, Year A, Ascent of Mount Carmel
  • Formation II, Year A, Ascent of Mount Carmel (on Lulu)
  • Formation II, Year B, Interior Castle
  • Formation II, Year B, Interior Castle (on Lulu)
  • Formation II, Year C, Story of a Soul
  • Formation II, Year C, Story of a Soul (on Lulu)
  • Formation II, Years A, B, & C Combined
  • Formation II, Years A, B, & C Combined (on Lulu)

Formation Materials 2004

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 

Carmelite Proper Offices

Carmelite Proper Offices (2007) (pdf)

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Pocket Calendar (pdf)

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OCD Solemnities (docx)

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