Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland, stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women in ...

Leo emphasizes that the small book by Brother Lawrence places at the center not merely the experience but a true 'practice' ...

Pope Leo XIV writes an introduction to “The Practice of the Presence of God,” a book by Carmelite Brother Lawrence, in a new ...

Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is seen in this undated photo. (Credit: CNS photo/Linda Reeves, Florida Catholic) Listen BOCA RATON, Florida — When Carmelite Father ...

Ende (Agenzia Fides) - The Carmelite charism continues to expand in eastern Indonesia and will strengthen its service to the population on the island of Flores. Today, March 25, 2025, when the ...

The Carmelite Institute of Mdina is once again offering a fresh set of religious courses which intend to meet the several requests received by past students and prospective ones. Meeting Fr Charlo ...

This book blends several stories into a rich tapestry. The governing story is that of the Carmelite community in Indianapolis, from its beginnings in 1922, when three sisters made of a small house in ...

Rev. Kurt Holderied answered a calling to the priesthood as a young man, and service for him meant teaching–his true love. As an instructor of high school biology, an administrator, parish priest and ...

Twice recently Pope Leo XIV has brought up a book that spells out his spiritual MO. The short book, The Practice of the Presence of God by 17th-century lay Carmelite Brother Lawrence, seems to pack a ...