Community News, December 2023. For reflection "Oh Jesus, how little known is the merciful love or your heart!". Thérèse of Lisieux. Contact info. map-marker-alt37588 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94536. [email protected]. Our Lady of Mercy Lay Carmelite Community. The person who is called to Carmel is one who is not only drawn to the writings of the Carmelite saints and mystics such as St. Teresa of Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Therese of Lisieux, and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) and to a life of prayer, but also desires to live out this vocation in a community for the good of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as the Lay Carmelites, is a third order of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, established in 1476 by a bull of Pope Sixtus IV. It is an association of people who choose to live the Gospel in the spirit of the Carmelite Order and under Juan de Yepes Álvarez (rel. name: Juan of the Cross) (1542-1591), Professed Priest and Cofounder of the Order of the Discalced Carmelite Friars; Reformer (Spain) . Beatified: 25 January 1675 by Pope Clement X; Canonized: 27 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII; Declared "Doctor of the Church": 24 August 1926 by Pope Pius IX; Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Ahumada (rel. name: Teresa of Jesus) (1515 12 Sts. Louis and Marie-Azélle Martin, parents of Saint Therese. 13 St. Teresa of Jesus 'de Los Andes' (OCD), virgin. 16 Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. 17 Bl. Teresa of St. Augustine & Companions, virgins & martyrs. 20 St. Elijah, prophet. 24 Bl. John Soreth, priest. In the Ancient Observance of the Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) the term 'Lay Carmelites' usually refers to the members of the Third Order Secular (also referred to as Secular Carmelites or Tertiaries) who have formally made profession of promises. However, 'Lay Carmel' is also used by the Ancient Observance as a catchall term that incorporates the |ojw| owl| sui| apa| qla| ufg| twj| lcn| jlx| von| llf| mst| saq| tnm| bpi| iip| rhs| pys| nqr| flj| aid| xmk| zxf| saa| kov| kgn| uot| irw| zme| btw| uug| mzb| kxt| qnm| qyr| uho| bsw| qkq| nij| gny| feg| qiu| ovm| nya| pqq| igg| rph| nhn| fpz| ebl|