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Our Charism and Next Meeting

Our April 1 meeting will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Anderson,SC. We will meet in the church for Liturgy of the Hours at 9:00am. Mass will be at 9:30am followed by our meeting at 10:30am.
As Carmelites we live our life of allegiance to Jesus Christ and to serve Him faithfully with a pure heart and a clear conscience through a commitment to seek the face of the living God (the contemplative dimension of life), through prayer, through fraternity, and through service. These three fundamental elements of the charism are not distinct and unrelated values, but closely interwoven. All of these we live under the protection, inspiration and guidance of Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whom we honor as "our Mother and sister."

April 1st, 2023

The Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (also named Lay Carmelites) is a branch of the religious Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance and was established in 1476 by a bull of Pope Sixtus IV. It is an association mainly of lay people who choose to live the Gospel in the spirit of the Carmelite Order and under its guidance. The Carmelites are known for their devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title as Our Lady of Mount Carmel.