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CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY
The Order of the
Discalced Carmelite Friars
Carmelites trace their roots and their name
to Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. There,
in the 13th century, a band of European men
gathered together to live a simple life of
prayer and witness to the Good News of
Jesus Christ. Their first chapel was
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They
called themselves the Brothers of the
Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.
In the 16th century in Spain, St. Teresa of
Avila (1515-1582) renewed the Carmelite
Order. With St. John of the Cross (15421591), she strengthened the Order’s
commitment to follow Christ through an
intense life of prayer for the good of all the
Church. They and their spiritual descendants
were known as the Discalced—or
reformed—Carmelites. encouraging in each
person the ability to reflect – Teresa’s
critical spirit, fostering social coexistence,
Teresa’s style of fraternity.
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The Order of Discalced Carmelites
Canadian Carmelite Community
Karnataka-Goa Province (India)
Website: www.carmelbangalore.com
By Carmelite spirituality we understand a way of sensing and
living the Gospel from certain premises that were born from the
experience of the “great prophets” of the Discalced Carmelite
family: Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, Therese of the Child
Jesus, Edith Stein. It is an experience of God which leads to
discovering God within oneself and to giving to life a meaning
based on the theological virtues; it is a Christological
experience leading to the historical Christ of the Gospel; the
experience of Church, such as belonging to it and preoccupation
for its good.
Experiencing God and the desire for communion with him, as a
witness and a response to the religious dimension of man; the
saving experience in Jesus of a humanity deeply needing
purification and liberation; the fraternity of a Teresian
community as a characteristic sign of the social and relational
aspirations of the person of today, always in search of
communication and friendship; the theological and
Christological view of man; contemplation of the world from
Christ crucified and risen, present and operating in history, as
an attitude of creative hope for people committed to a better
world; the life of prayer as an experience of God’s
transcendence revealed in Christ Jesus; asceticism as
detachment from what is superfluous and availability for human
beings; encouraging in each person the ability to reflect –
Teresa’s critical spirit, fostering social coexistence, Teresa’s
style of fraternity.
Do you have the presence of a Carmelite vocation and a
call to a life of prayer and contemplation?
Do you have a joyous spirit of generosity and love that
leads to the total gift of self?
Solemn Mass— Inauguration of Carmel Hill
Blessing of First Formation House
Carmel Hill, Mission BC
OCD Friars Annual Regional Meeting
..…...Come and See CARMEL!
St. Teresa of
Jesus
St. John of the
Cross
St. Therese of
Lisieux
Tel: 604- 684-5775
Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD (N. Vancouver BC)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 604-988-3211
Rev. Fr. John Pinto OCD (Calgary AB)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 403-285-3773
Rev. Fr. Ranjan D’Sa OCD (London ON)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 519-455-8624
Rev. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas OCD (Kitchener ON) Tel: 519-893-1220
email: [email protected]
For vocation information please contact our
Regional Vocation Promoter:
Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD
St. Edmund’s Parish
545 Mahon Avenue
North Vancouver BC
Phone: 778-321-8301
email: [email protected]
Rev. Fr. Rudolf D’Souza OCD (Vancouver BC)
email: [email protected]
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Patroness of the Order of Discalced Carmelites
Rev. Fr. Mario Fernandes OCD (Caledonia ON)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 905-765-2729
Rev. Fr. Victor Fernandes OCD (Hagersville ON)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 905- 768-5726
Rev. Fr. Melvin Pinto OCD (Prince George BC)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 250-564-5225
Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD (Prince George BC)
email: [email protected]
Tel: 250-640-4956
Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD (N. Vancouver BC) Tel: 778-321-8301
email: [email protected]
First Profession
Fr. Alfredo Pereira &
Brother Josef Giroux
Little Flower Formation House—Mission BC
Construction Feb 2015 to October 15, 2015
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD
Provincial Superior
Karnataka-Goa Province (India)
The Secular Order of
Discalced Carmelites (OCDS)
Western Canada
St. Aloysius Parish
Kitchener ON
DISCALCED CARMELITE FRIARS
CANADA
Carmelite Seculars are a family of lay and religious men and
women, sons and daughters of the Order of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel and St Teresa of Jesus, who share the same
charism, each according to our particular state of life. It is one
family with the same spiritual possessions, the same call to
holiness (cf. Ep 1:4; 1 P 1:15) and the same apostolic mission.
Secular members contribute to the Order the benefits proper
to their secular state of life.(Constitutions #1)
Guardian Angels Parish
Vancouver BC
Rev. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas OCD, Pastor
St. Patrick Parish
Caledonia ON
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph
4815 Salmon River Road, Armstrong BC
V0E 1B4 CANADA Phone: (250) 546-8801
Rev. Fr. Rudolf D’Souza OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Rajesh Madtha OCD In Residence
St. Edmund’s Parish
North Vancouver BC
Rev. Fr. Mario Fernandes OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Victor Fernandes OCD In residence
St. Joseph Vancouver, Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel N. Vancouver & St. John of the
Cross Coquitlam OCDS Communities
Annual Ceremonies & Meeting
St. Mary & St. Ann Parish
Hagersville/Walpole ON
Rev. Fr. Victor
Fernandes OCD
Pastor
Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD, Assistant Pastor
St. Thomas More Parish
Calgary AB
Rev. Fr. John Pinto OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Godwin Pinto OCD, Assistant Pastor
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
London ON
Sacred Heart
Cathedral
Prince George BC
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph
12, 5122 Rge Road 270, Spruce Grove, AB
T7Y 1G7 Phone: (780) 963-3380
St. Joseph OCDS Community
Calgary AB
Rev. Fr. Melvin Pinto OCD, Rector
Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD In Residence
St. Peter’s Parish
Prince George BC
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes
OCDS Community
Rev. Fr. Ranjan D’Sa OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Alfredo Pereira OCD In Residence
Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD, Administrator
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph
1127 Carmel-Koch Rd. RR#1, Saint Agatha ON
N0B 2L0 Phone: (519)-884-7563
Website: ocdswest.ca
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 778.861.5446