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 the Third Order in Guildford, England in 1994. In 2004, she emigrated with her husband and daughter to Ontario, Canada. [...]

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 place to raise us children. We lived in Michigan until my junior year in High School.  I went to Holmes [...]

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 Corporation.  Vocation director for the past 13 years she has served numerous times, and is, currently, serving as First Councilor [...]

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 Director for the Order in Vietnam. He was again elected Prior Provincial North American Province of St. Elias for three [...]

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 William and Mary in Virginia and a Master of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He made his [...]

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 early years, as I entered my teens I decided I no longer needed to go to Church and I became [...]

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 1982. Sister Christopher is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York [...]

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 Angel Seminary, was ordained to the Priesthood in 2005.  Fr. Adam Gregory has served his Province as Vocation Director, OCDS [...]

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 received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1984.  Carl then joined the Carmelite Order and received the Carmelite habit [...]