Discalced

While with our mental vision we regard the fruitful results, which, with the aid of God, religious persons -- especially the Friars Minor of Observance [56] known as "Discalced" [ "barefoot"], of the custodia of St. Gregory in the Philippine Islands of the Western Indias -- are zealously gathering by their own toil, as so many workmen in the field of the Lord, busy for the glory of God and the spiritual health of peoples dwelling in those very remote regions so far away from us, we think it right -- nay, even their due -- that we should graciously impart the favor of our apostolic love for their comfort and increase.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

On this day St Teresa of Avila founded the first of the Discalced Carmelite convents.

24 August John 2009

The Magnificat antiphon for 2d Vespers from the Discalced Carmelite usage:

23 January -- Festa in Desponsatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis John 2009

The Magnificat antiphon for 2d Vespers from the Discalced Carmelite usage:

Well, it's been a quiet week here at The Inn. . . . John 2009

A hanging pyx in the form of a dove which was originally designed for the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Valparaiso, Nebraska, but which has since become one of Granda's standard offerings.

Arts from Granda 2009

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has announced that a second community of Discalced Carmelite nuns will be established in the diocese.

A New Carmel John 2009

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has announced that a second community of Discalced Carmelite nuns will be established in the diocese.

May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009

On this day St Teresa of Avila founded the first of the Discalced Carmelite convents.

Three Cheers for Mrs Beamish John 2009

On the heels of the reports about the torture and murder of Fr Thomas in Andrha Pradesh, Sister Judy Murray of the Baltimore Carmel passed this message along from one of the Discalced Friars in India:

Oh, Fine. Just Fine. John 2008

The old collect in the Discalced Carmelite liturgy:

Vocations John 2008