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 [...]

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 [...]

Loretta has been a member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites since 1987 and currently serves as the Administrator for the OCDS Main Office of the Washington Province of the Immaculate Heart of [...]

Fr. Matthew Williams, OCD, grew up in San Diego, CA, and entered the Discalced Carmelite Province of California in 1982. He received his BA in philosophy and his M.Div. from the Dominican School of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]