Live Webinar: How We Can Speak to Youth about Carmel
The Carmelite order offers a rich history and spirituality that over the centuries has accompanied countless Christians on their journey to Christ. The offer still stands today - but the question is how Carmel can speak to young people in our time most effectively. This webinar will attempt to ponder the nature and challenges of youth-oriented [...]
Live Webinar: Images of God
WEBINARGod as Parent: From the writings and lived experiences of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Presented by Fr. Mikhail Woodruffe, O.Carm. Referencing the life experience and writings of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, this webinar aims to invite the participant to learn and reflect on one’s developed image of God as parent. The Carmelite tradition presents a [...]
Advent Webinar: To Journey by Starlight
WEBINARLiturgically we enter and celebrate the story of the Magi (Matt 2:1-12) at the close of the Christmas season. In this webinar, Carol Barry invites us to pause, and to ponder anew the wisdom this sacred story holds for our Advent journey. To consider with wonder the rich insights offered in the Magi’s journey by starlight as [...]
The Dark Night of the Soul, Yesterday and Today
Zoom MeetingInaugural Lecture for the Endowed Chair of Carmelite Studies: Revisiting St John of the Cross’s Classic Text and Symbol. - Fr Steven Payne, O.C.D. Variations on the phrase "dark night of the soul" appear often today in discussions of major personal and societal challenges. This talk will explore the expression's roots in John of the Cross's poem [...]
First Annual Lecture in Carmelite Studies
Zoom MeetingWhat Makes a Carmelite a Carmelite? An Evolving and Dynamic Charism. Presented by Prof. Keith J. Egan, Ph.D., T. OCarm.
Lenten Webinar: Searching for the Divine in One Another
WEBINARPresented by Fr. Rijo Jose, O.Carm.
This webinar explores the Carmelite identity, as Edith Stein would have responded to aggression from a dynamic human-divine relational perspective, and how this relationship is a prerequisite for harmonious coexistence. The task, then, is to love each other while realizing our personal-divine nucleus.
Webinar: Excavating the ‘Feminine Genius’
WEBINARPope Saint John Paul II has described women as in possession of a special "feminine genius" that is constituted of receptivity, generosity, sensitivity, and maternity, including spiritual maternity. In this webinar, I want to examine what St. Teresa of Avila's The Way of Perfection can contribute to our understanding of femininity and to concerns today about [...]
2021 Virtual Symposium
Virtual SymposiumJuly 19-21, 2021 | $200 if paid by June 1st | Sponsored by Carmelite Institute of North America and Center for Carmelite Studies.
Lenten Webinar: Mysticism of the Passion & Resurrection
WEBINARSister Veronica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, O.Carm. Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance