Local Council and Officers

Current Local Council and Officers:
Diane Gray — President

Birdie Ehrenfeld - Council

Marianne Gonzales - Council
Maron Burke – Formation Director

Kim Lawlis – Secretary
Mary Weaver - Treasurer

2010 Council:
Vi Sulsona — President
Claire Bloodgood – Formation Director
Cindy Johnson – Council/Secretary
Lansing Prescott - Council
Marianne Gonzales — Treasurer

2009 Council:
Dora Zavala – Formation Director
Lois Vasquez — President
Cindy Johnson – Secretary
Diane Gray — Treasurer

Maron Burke - Council
Birdie Ehrenfeld - Council
Tommie Solis - Council

May 2011: First Promise

On May 14 2011, one of our members, Lydia Pena (Lydia of Jesus), made her First Promise into the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites. 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.

Spring 2011: Flos Carmeli

The Spring 2011 online edition of the Flos Carmeli is here. Information on the new Provincial Council and our blog is featured also!

The Flos Carmeli newletter provides information for the Secular members of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in the Oklahoma Province (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and TEXAS)

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April 6, 2011: Pope marvels at St. Therese's 'science' of love : (CNA)

Pope marvels at St. Therese's 'science' of love :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

April 2011: Silent Retreat

The Triumph of the Cross Study Group Silent Retreat was held April 8-10, 2011 at Cedarbreak Retreat Center in Belton, TX. The Retreat Theme was: St John of the Cross: The Process and the Promise.

Our presenter at the retreat was Br. Joel Giallanza CSC. Br Joel is a member of the Congegation of the Holy Cross and serves on the provincial council for his community. Brother Joel is also involved in giving retreats and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

More pictures of the retreat can be found here.

"One should first know that God sustains every soul and dwells in it substantially, even though it may be that of the greatest sinner in the world. This union between God and creatures always exists" (The Ascent of Mount Carmel, II,5:3)

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January 2011 Clothings

On January 8 2011, we celebrated 3 clothings at St. Helen's Catholic Church during the Morning Prayer. Anita, Cecilia and Mary asked to be admitted to the period of formation in the community and received the scapular and the constitution of the secular order. Congratulations!

More pictures of this event can be found here.

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.