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For vocation information please contact our
Regional Vocation Promoter:
Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD
St. Edmund’s Parish
545 Mahon Avenue
North Vancouver BC
Phone: 778-321-8301
email: [email protected]
The Order of Discalced Carmelites Canadian Carmelite Community Karnataka-Goa Province (India)
Website: www.carmelbangalore.com
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Patroness of the Order of Discalced Carmelites
St. Teresa of Jesus
St. John of the Cross
St. Therese of Lisieux
The Order of the
Discalced Carmelite Friars Carmelites trace their roots and their name
to Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. There,
in the 13th century, a band of European men
gathered together to live a simple life of
prayer and witness to the Good News of
Jesus Christ. Their first chapel was
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They
called themselves the Brothers of the
Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.
In the 16th century in Spain, St. Teresa of
Avila (1515-1582) renewed the Carmelite
Order. With St. John of the Cross (1542-
1591), she strengthened the Order’s
commitment to follow Christ through an
intense life of prayer for the good of all the
Church. They and their spiritual descendants
were known as the Discalced—or
reformed—Carmelites. encouraging in each
person the ability to reflect – Teresa’s
critical spirit, fostering social coexistence,
Teresa’s style of fraternity.
COME FOLLOW ME
Little Flower Formation House—Mission BC Construction Feb 2015 to October 15, 2015
Solemn Mass— Inauguration of Carmel Hill
Blessing of First Formation House Carmel Hill, Mission BC
First Profession Fr. Alfredo Pereira & Brother Josef Giroux
OCD Friars Annual Regional Meeting
CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY By Carmelite spirituality we understand a way of sensing and
living the Gospel from certain premises that were born from the
experience of the “great prophets” of the Discalced Carmelite
family: Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, Therese of the Child
Jesus, Edith Stein. It is an experience of God which leads to
discovering God within oneself and to giving to life a meaning
based on the theological virtues; it is a Christological
experience leading to the historical Christ of the Gospel; the
experience of Church, such as belonging to it and preoccupation
for its good.
Experiencing God and the desire for communion with him, as a
witness and a response to the religious dimension of man; the
saving experience in Jesus of a humanity deeply needing
purification and liberation; the fraternity of a Teresian
community as a characteristic sign of the social and relational
aspirations of the person of today, always in search of
communication and friendship; the theological and
Christological view of man; contemplation of the world from
Christ crucified and risen, present and operating in history, as
an attitude of creative hope for people committed to a better
world; the life of prayer as an experience of God’s
transcendence revealed in Christ Jesus; asceticism as
detachment from what is superfluous and availability for human
beings; encouraging in each person the ability to reflect –
Teresa’s critical spirit, fostering social coexistence, Teresa’s
style of fraternity.
Do you have the presence of a Carmelite vocation and a
call to a life of prayer and contemplation?
Do you have a joyous spirit of generosity and love that
leads to the total gift of self?
..…...Come and See CARMEL! Rev. Fr. Rudolf D’Souza OCD (Vancouver BC) Tel: 604- 684-5775 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD (N. Vancouver BC) Tel: 604-988-3211 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. John Pinto OCD (Calgary AB) Tel: 403-285-3773 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Ranjan D’Sa OCD (London ON) Tel: 519-455-8624 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas OCD (Kitchener ON) Tel: 519-893-1220 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Mario Fernandes OCD (Caledonia ON) Tel: 905-765-2729 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Victor Fernandes OCD (Hagersville ON) Tel: 905- 768-5726 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Melvin Pinto OCD (Prince George BC) Tel: 250-564-5225 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD (Prince George BC) Tel: 250-640-4956 email: [email protected] Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD (N. Vancouver BC) Tel: 778-321-8301 email: [email protected]
Come and See
Carmelite Seculars are a family of lay and religious men and women, sons and daughters of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Teresa of Jesus, who share the same charism, each according to our particular state of life. It is one family with the same spiritual possessions, the same call to holiness (cf. Ep 1:4; 1 P 1:15) and the same apostolic mission. Secular members contribute to the Order the benefits proper to their secular state of life.(Constitutions #1)
The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCDS) Western Canada
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph
4815 Salmon River Road, Armstrong BC V0E 1B4 CANADA Phone: (250) 546-8801
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph 1127 Carmel-Koch Rd. RR#1, Saint Agatha ON
N0B 2L0 Phone: (519)-884-7563
Monastery of the Carmel of St. Joseph 12, 5122 Rge Road 270, Spruce Grove, AB
T7Y 1G7 Phone: (780) 963-3380
St. Joseph Vancouver, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel N. Vancouver & St. John of the Cross Coquitlam OCDS Communities Annual Ceremonies & Meeting
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes OCDS Community
St. Joseph OCDS Community Calgary AB
Rev. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas OCD, Pastor
Rev. Fr. Mario Fernandes OCD, Pastor Rev. Fr. Victor Fernandes OCD In residence
Rev. Fr. Victor Fernandes OCD Pastor
Sacred Heart Cathedral Prince George BC
St. Peter’s Parish Prince George BC
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD Provincial Superior Karnataka-Goa Province (India)
DISCALCED CARMELITE FRIARS CANADA
Rev. Fr. Rudolf D’Souza OCD, Pastor Rev. Fr. Rajesh Madtha OCD In Residence
St. Edmund’s Parish North Vancouver BC
Rev. Fr. John Pinto OCD, Pastor Rev. Fr. Godwin Pinto OCD, Assistant Pastor
Rev. Fr. Ranjan D’Sa OCD, Pastor Rev. Fr. Alfredo Pereira OCD In Residence
St. Aloysius Parish Kitchener ON
St. Patrick Parish Caledonia ON
Rev. Fr. Melvin Pinto OCD, Rector Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD In Residence
Rev. Fr. Ronald Sequeira OCD, Administrator
Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD, Pastor Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD, Assistant Pastor
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish London ON
Guardian Angels Parish Vancouver BC
St. Mary & St. Ann Parish Hagersville/Walpole ON
St. Thomas More Parish Calgary AB
Website: ocdswest.ca Email: [email protected] Tel: 778.861.5446
