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ROOTS OF MONASTIC LIFE AND THE MEDIEVAL VITA APOSTOLICA This session will trace the roots of spirituality through early centuries of Christianity to include what motivated the monastic life, the development of cities and the shift of spirituality and the development of lay hermits and mendicant orders. -
THE LATIN HERMITS OF CARMEL ESTABLISH THEIR VISION This session will show the origins, hopes and characteristics of the hermits, how the Crusades are to come about, the Rule of Carmel. -
HERMITS TRANSFORM INTO MENDICANTS This session will describe the decline of the Crusades after 1187, the Carmelites seek recognition and the ratification of their Rule, the transition from Mount Carmel to the the cities of Europe and what life becomes in commercial towns. -
CALLS TO RETURN TO THE PRIMITIVE SPIRITUALITY This session will assess changes in the old way of life, university life and its demands, a call back to desert values and a look to the future with the reforms of the 1400's. -
DECLINE AND REFORM IN THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH. A CARMELITE RESPONSE This session will discuss the search for roots in the competitive medieval world by the early attempts to carve out a place, changes in the spiritual fabric of the late Middle Ages, the 14th Century spiritual giants and practical reforms. -
DECLINE AND REFORM IN THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH. A CARMELITE RESPONSE This session will discuss the search for roots in the competitive medieval world by the early attempts to carve out a place, changes in the spiritual fabric of the late Middle Ages, the 14th Century spiritual giants and practical reforms. -
CARMELITE WOMEN AND LAY ORGANIZATIONS This session will show the early history of women in Church ranks, changes in the attitude for mendicant women, John Soreth and his reforms. -
Fr. Stephen describes what the virtue of friendship meant to St. Teresa. He states, "affability or friendliness is one of the hallmarks of a genuine Teresian vocation." In particular, he uses the deep friendship between St. Teresa and Jerome Gracian as the ultimate example of the meaning of friendship. Includes Part 1 & 2. FREE SHIPPING IN THE UNITED STATES (For other countries please contact director@carmelstream.org) -
The Need for Reform and Carmelites in the Reformation -
Teresa's Reform Conflict and Separation -
Missions, Congregations and 16th century troubles. -
Carmelites in the 17th century: Touraine and the French School of Spirituality -
Presented by Fr. John Welch, O.Carm
Our duties in life can leave us scattered and fragmented. Being busy is not the problem. What is missing may be a true center in our lives. St. Augustine confessed to God, "You were inside; I was outside. You were with me; I was not with you." To have an interior life is to pay attention to the God who accompanies our journey through life.
Carmelâ's saints have explored this relationship. They tell us that our lives are a story of God's mercies. This webinar will identify some of the contributions Carmel's saints have made to our understanding of an interior life, a spiritual life. Carmel attests to the possibility of having a centered life of prayer which orders and prioritizes all that is outside."
FREE SHIPPING IN THE UNITED STATES (For other countries please contact director@carmelstream.org)
