Lourdes hails from Canada. She has previously served on the Board of Directors of the “Institute.” She holds a degree in Computer Science-BSC(Hons), MBA (Dip) and a PGCE (Adult Education). She was professed into [...]

Fr. Daniel is the provincial of the Province of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He entered the province in 1978, professed his first vows in 1980 and solemn vows in 1985. He was [...]

I was born Patricia Ann Morales in Santa Barbara, California.  We moved back to San Antonio, Texas, where my parents are from. After first grade my parents thought Owosso, Michigan would be an ideal [...]

Sr. Jeanne Marie Graham, OCD is a Councilor for Carmelite Communities Associated.  A native Bostonian, with a B.A. in Economics, she entered Boston Carmel in 1999 after a twelve-year career in marketing for Polaroid [...]

Father Mario Esposito, O.Carm. is a Carmelite Friar of the Province of Saint Elias. He served for 12 years as the Prior Provincial of the Carmelite Friars as well as Regional Superior and Formation [...]

Fr. Michael Berry, OCD was installed as Provincial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Province in July 2020. A native of the metropolitan New York area, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of [...]

I was born in England in a small market town near Cambridge, growing up in a family from both Protestant and Church of England backgrounds. While Church attendance played an important part in my [...]

Sister Christopher is a member of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm founded by Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa to care for the Aged. She entered in 1973 and professed Perpetual Vows in [...]

Fr. Adam Gregory Gonzales, O.C.D., a native Southern California, entered the Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province in 1997. He made his Solemn Profession of Vows in 2003 and, after graduation from Mount [...]

Carl Markelz, O.Carm. was born in Joliet, Illinois, on August 16, 1962. He is a graduate of Saint Paul the Apostle Grammar School, and Joliet Catholic High School. He attended Loyola University where he [...]

Fr. Luis Joaquin Castañeda, OCD, is a native of Mexico. He began his religious formation in the Discalced Carmelite Order in the US after meeting the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in New Caney, Texas. Fr. [...]

Douglas Buschman, TOC Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Doug Buschman grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, and currently lives in North Potomac, MD, where he and his wife, Nancy, [...]