Winter 2011: Flos Carmeli

The online Winter issue of the Flos Carmeli is posted here.

Flos Carmeli provides information for the Secular members of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in the Oklahoma Province, which has jurisdiction over O.C.D.S. living in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.

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Fall 2010: Flos Carmeli

The Fall 2010 issue of the Flos Carmeli is available here.

It features our very own Ramona Zelasko, Diane Gray, Mary Miranda, and Maron Burke!

2011 OCDS Provincial Congress

2011 OCDS Provincial Congress
Oklahoma Province
Lafayette, LA
http://www.ocds2011congress.com

THURSDAY, June 23, 2011
Registration
MASS
Evening Prayer-Grand Ballroom
Reception-Welcome to Lafayette

Congress Address: Father Gregory Ross, O.C.D., Provincial for the Oklahoma Province

FRIDAY, June 24, 2011
Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Continental Breakfast & Registration
Morning Office-Grand Ballroom

Congress Presentation: Dr. Susan Muto
"St. Teresa, Our Holy Mother, A Directress of Formation for All Times"

MASS
Buffet Lunch
OCDS Ratio Institutionis for the Oklahoma Province
WORKSHOPS
Evening Prayer-Grand Ballroom
Buffet Dinner-Grand Ballroom

Congress Address: Father Aloysius Deeney, O.C.D.
"Celebrating St. Teresa throughout the Nation of Carmel"
Provincial Meeting

SATURDAY, June 25, 2011
Continental Breakfast
Morning Office-Grand Ballroom

Congress Presentation: Father Bonaventure Sauer, O.C.D.
"St. Teresa, Our Holy Mother Teaches us the Way of Perfection"

MASS
Buffet Lunch-Grand Ballroom
EXCURSION: Carmelite Monastery of Mary, Mother of Grace
OPEN FORUM: with the Friars, Presenters, and visiting Community members
Evening Prayer-Grand Ballroom

2011 OCDS CONGRESS BANQUET

SUNDAY, June 26, 2011
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Continental Breakfast
Morning Office-Grand Ballroom

Congress Presentation: Father Daniel Chowning, O.C.D.
"St. Teresa, Our Holy Mother Teaches us the "Our Father" as the Way of Perfection"

CLOSING MASS

December 2010: First Promises

On December 11 2010, two of our members, Marianne Gonzales and Rebecca Snook, Made their First Promise into the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites:

"inspired by the Holy Spirit, in response to God's call, sincerely promise to the Superiors of the Order of the Teresian Carmel and to you, my brothers and sisters, to tend toward evangelical perfection in the spirit of the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, obedience, and of the Beatitudes, according to the Constitutions of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, for three years. I confidently entrust this, my Promise, to the Virgin Mary, Mother and Queen of Carmel."

The rite was celebrated during the 8:30 AM Mass at St. Helen’s Catholic Church in Georgetown, TX. Msgr. Louis Pavlicek, Pastor of St. Helen’s celebrated the Mass. A reception followed afterwards at the Parish Activity Center.



For more pictures of this event, click here.

November 2010: Malawi Project

Thank you to all Carmelites that practicing the virtue of detachment donated books for the library project in Malawi Africa. John Paul is very
thankful and most importantly learning the virtues from all of you!

October 2010: Priest Talk

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October 2010: Morning Prayer

Octubre 2010 Meeting: Priest Talk

August 2010 Meeting

Special gifts to our dear founders, Dora Zavala and Lois Vasquez, presented by Birdie Ehrenfeld are two scarves bearing the image of Blessed Mary Teresa of St. Joseph of the Carmel of the Divine Heart of Jesus. Sr. Lydia Braun of the Carmelite Sisters DCJ in Corpus Christi had sent these scarves as well as other materials about Blessed Mary Teresa to Birdie for our study group to read and enjoy.

August 2010 Monthly Reflection

If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3:1-4