Secular Carmelite Meetings for 2024
Our meetings are held on the last Sunday of every month at the Carmelite Shrine, 1628 Ridge Road, Munster, IN 46321. Vespers take place in the monastery chapel at 4 pm. In August, we will have an indoor picnic. There is no meeting in December.
Note: The Carmelite Sisters pictured above managed the former St. Joseph Carmelite Home in East Chicago. In 2024, they were re-assigned to the Carmelite Ministry of St. Teresa (in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin), which serves a population of women affected by developmental and intellectual disabilities. Please keep them in your prayers.
ACTIVITIES
Corpus Christi altar: June 2, 2024
Annual Retreat 2022
Father Andrew giving a talk on our Holy Father St. John of the Cross.
Service 2022
Phil at the soup kitchen
Annual Picnic 2021
Seculars await the arrival of Fr. Paul, OCD, our Spiritual Advisor.
Annual picnic 2021
Rich and Ghanem prepare food for the picnic.
Corpus Christi
Fr. Paul presents the Blessed Sacrament at the Secular Carmelite altar.
Corpus Christi procession
Phil, Ghanem, and friends of Carmel
Patty in her Scapular
Water in Rwanda
Father Paul, OCD, shows the water that may now be used at the Carmelite mission in Rwanda, thanks to benefactors.
Praying the Holy Rosary with Lorraine at her home
Bake sale
October 2019
Secular Carmelite Retreat
August 2019: Father Bronisław Socha, OCD, was our retreat master with the topic “In the School of Mary.”
Blessing
Father Paul gives Sharon a special blessing before her pilgrimage on the Camino in Spain.
Taking hygiene items to the Carmelite Home
Monthly collections for the St. Joseph Carmelite Home by Ghanem and Mary
Lunch with the Sisters at the Carmelite Home
At the Carmelite Home
Luncheon after Holy Mass
Anniversary celebration
Ghanem and Mary on their 39th anniversary in the monastery church
October 2020 bake sale
with Henry, Charlie, and Gail
Traveling Statue
Each month, a different member takes the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel home.
Corpus Christi Altar
Every year on Corpus Christi Sunday, our Secular Carmelite Community joins other organizations in decorating an altar on the monastery grounds.
Bake sale charity
Drilling for water at the well in Rwanda
Bake Sales Supporting Carmelite Missions
This bake sale supported the Carmelite Missions in Rwanda/Burundi. The photo below shows the well in Rwanda that was created due to support from the Munster Fathers and Seculars, as well as from well-wishers all over the world.
Veronica’s Investiture
July 31, 2022
