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Clare McArdleKissed by God into Life, Centering Prayer Meditation, March 2024
This month our meditation reflection is on being kissed by God into Life using words from Margaret Silf’s The Way of Wisdom and Landscapes of Prayer. Margaret quotes Ronald Rohlheiser: Ancient philosophers and mystics used to say that before being born,...
Eco-Spirituality Reading Circle: Ten Love Letters to the Earth
On Tuesday 20 February, our first meeting for the year, we had eleven participants. I think this is the largest group at a zoom meeting. We shared our thoughts about the "Ten Love Letters to the Earth" which are a series of meditations on Mother Earth written by the...
Living the Carmelite Charism: the personal journey of Matthew McPhee OCarm
In this "Carmelite Conversation" Fr Matthew shares his experience of living the Carmelite charism. He recently celebrated his Golden Jubilation of Ordination and 70 years of religious life with the Carmelite community. Fr Matthew has ministered in a variety of...
Peace and Gratitude, Centering Prayer Meditation, February 2024
The theme for February is a reflection on Peace and Gratitude for the little moments, using verse from Joyce Rupp, and from Wendell Berry. Allow any word or image that may stand out for you as your centering prayer. Joyce tells us: the little moments, / assumed and...
My experience of the Carmelite Centre community
I walk my dog every evening around the streets of Middle Park. On one of these walks, some years ago now, I noticed a flyer in the Carmelite Centre advertising poetry evenings. I heard Les Murray read his poems. What a fantastic night. Another time on the way back...
Who are the Lay Carmelites?
In this "Carmelite Conversation" on 1st November 2023, Gabrielle Fogarty, Moderator of the Lay Carmelites in Australia and New Zealand and several other Lay Carmelites situate the Lay Carmelites today within the history of the Order. They share what it means to be a...
Final session with Brendan Byrne on St Paul’s Letter to Romans
On Tuesday 19 September 2023 a group who have been meeting via zoom every month since February had our last session. Over these months we have been progressively reading St Paul's Letter to Romans and discussing and sharing our insight. A special thank you to Fr...
Season of Creation 2023 Let Justice and Peace Flow
SEASON OF CREATION ~ September 1 to October 4. 2023 Let Justice and Peace Flow.The season started on 1 September with a the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian...
Season of Creation 2022 Week 4
Welcome to the Season of Creation 2022: Week 4 - Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here. Greetings to our Carmelite family and friends, Once again in week 4 of the Season of Creation we are invited to listen to the voice of Creation,...
Season of Creation 2022 Week 3
Welcome to the Season of Creation 2022: Week 3 - Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here. Greetings to our family and friends in Carmel, During the Season of Creation, Christians worldwide are listening to the voice of creation. We...
Season of Creation 2022 Week 2
Welcome to the Season of Creation 2022: Week 2 - Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here. Good afternoon friends and members of the Carmelite Family, During the Season of Creation, our common prayer and action can help us listen for the...
Season of Creation 2022 Week 1
Welcome to the Season of Creation 2022: Week 1 - Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here. Good afternoon friends and members of the Carmelite Family For us in the southern hemisphere, we welcome September this week after our cold winter...
JPIC July 2022 newsletter
Welcome to the July 2022 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here. Greetings to Carmelite family and friends, Sunday 3rd July will see many prominent members of our Catholic Church come together for the continuation of the...
JPIC June 2022 newsletter
Welcome to the J 2022 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC JUNE 2022 Warm Greetings to all our friends and family in Carmel as we move into our Winter season, There is a movement of people all over the world, including...
JPIC May 2022 newsletter
Welcome to the May 2022 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC MAY 2022 Dear Friends and Carmelite Family The month of May has many notable events to draw our attention to social justice issues; our focus is on just a few of...
JPIC April 2022 newsletter
Welcome to the April 2022 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC APRIL 2022 Greetings all, This month we reflect and recognise the part that the Press and journalists play in risking their lives to bring us truthful, current...
JPIC February 2022 newsletter
Welcome to the February 2022 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC FEBRUARY 2022 Greetings all and welcome to a brand new year, Amidst what seems to be the opening of a chaotic beginning, there seems to be much to concern...
JPIC November 2021 newsletter
Welcome to the November 2021 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC NOVEMBER 2021 Greetings Friends, Sisters and Brothers in Carmel, The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 and as the Glasgow...
JPIC October 2021 newsletter
Welcome to the October 2021 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click JPIC October 2021. Dear Friends, Brothers and Sisters in Carmel, This Sunday, 3rd October the convergence of two major events in the Church calendar draws us to...
Seasons of Creation 2021
The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration of prayer and action for our common home. Together, the ecumenical family around the world unites to pray, protect, and advocate for God’s creation. The season starts 1 September, the Day of Prayer for...
JPIC September 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to the September 2021 edition of Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission newsletter. Click here.
JPIC August 2021 Newsletter
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Lectio Divina “a warm inclusive welcome greeted me…”
I came to Lectio Divina in 2017. I hadn’t intended to ‘start’ Lectio Divina but as a post graduate student at the Catholic Theological College, I was studying Meditation, and wanted to experience first-hand what it was all about. I first rang The Carmelite Centre...
Lectio Divina “group of like-minded people”
Earlier this morning I participated in a session of Lectio Divina with friends from the Carmelite Centre in Middle Park. I’ve been participating in these weekly sessions for about two years, having started at a time on my journey when my own practice of Lectio had...
Lectio Divina “an oasis for the weary spirit”
I go to Lectio whenever I can. You are always made to feel welcome. Now it is online but you still feel the connection. It is a tall, cool glass of water when I thirst; a meeting of like minded souls; friendship found in the desert; an oasis for the weary spirit....
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Carmelite Conversations: Saint Titus Brandsma – Mystery of God’s Nearness with Daryl Moresco OCarm
Saint Titus Brandsma has a profound message for us today on encountering the “mystery of God’s nearness”. From his life as a young Carmelite friar to his martyrdom in Dachau, we can learn how living fully in the present moment, mindful that we are always in God’s holy...
Carmelite Conversations: Melanesian Indigenous Spirituality with Paul Sireh OCarm
Paul writes: “In this conversation I will share with you and introduce who we are as Melanesians and our spirituality, distinct from Polynesians and Micronesians. I will look mainly at the Melanesian spiritual experience in Papua New Guinea where I come from. The core...
Practicing Presence, Centering Prayer Meditation, September 2024
Our theme for this month comes from Henri Nouwen’s book, Following Jesus, in particular - Practicing Presence. Henri tells us: * Prayer is entering into the presence of God here and now. Prayer is the way in which we become present to the moment and listen to God who...
The Psalms, Centering Prayer Meditation August 2024
Our theme for August’s reflection looks at the messages the Psalms have for us. We’ll acknowledge that we are known by God, in Psalm 139, protected by him when we call his name, Psalm 116, and strengthened, Psalm 16. * Psm 139. You have searched me Lord, and...
Carmelite Conversation – Discernment on the Carmelite Way with Matthew Tonini OCarm
In August, Matthew Tonini OCarm, addressed the topic of Discernment on the Carmelite Way. The final admonition of the Carmelite Rule might be translated: “use discernment, however, the guide of the virtues.” The writer of the Rule, Albert of Jerusalem, recognises that...
Lectio Divina: an inspiring way to start the day
I was given the link for the daily Carmelite Lectio Divina by a friend four years ago and have made it a daily habit to use it. I was delighted when I discovered the weekly Friday Lectio on Zoom, led so wonderfully by Irene and Damien. Since then I have put the...
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