| St. Joseph Lay Carmelite Community | ||
| Description of Group: | ||
| The St. Joseph Lay Carmelite Community is in the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary (http://carmelnet.org) with offices in Darien, IL. It is an association mainly of lay persons. Its members, responding to a special call of God, freely and deliberately commit themselves "to live in the following of Jesus Christ" according to the charism, traditions, and spirit of Carmel under the authority of the Prior General of the Carmelite Order. The members, though not in Religious Life, choose to live out their baptismal commitment according to the spirit of the Carmelite Order. Members are brothers and sisters of the Carmelite Family and sharers in the same call to holiness and in the same mission of the Carmelite Order. | ||
| Director: |  |
Spiritual Assistant: |
| Celia Wright Resurrection Parish Office- 507-288-5528 |
Fr.Shawn Haremza, Pastor |
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| Meeting Times: | Location: | |
| First Saturday of the month: Community Prayer 9-10 AM. Formation from 10 AM- 12 PM |
Church of the Resurrection, Fr. Winkel's Chaple (prayer) and the Great Hall | |
| Requirements for Participation | Length of Commitment: | |
A person wishing to become a candidate for admission to the Lay Carmelites must be a Catholic in good standing who is a registered member of a parish, who feels called by God to live more deeply his/her baptismal vocation as a member of the Carmelite Family according to the charism of the Carmelite Order. A candidate must be between 18 and 69 years of age when seeking entry to formation as a Lay Carmelite. A person is admitted to formation through an existing Lay Carmelite Community. |
Ongoing | |
| History of Group | ||
Pope John Paul II wrote to the Third Order Lay Carmelites in October 2002: "In order that they can realize this vocation fully they have to learn how to mark out the day with prayer and especially the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. Let them follow Elijah’s example: his prophetic mission grew out of a continuous experience of God; let them imitate above all Mary, who listened to the Word of the Lord and keeping it in her heart, put it into practice." "Those brothers and sisters who are bound to the Order through the Scapular should recognize the gift that they have received and be faithful in all circumstances to the obligations that arise from their membership in a charismatic sense. Let them not be content with a superficial Christianity, but let them answer Christ’s radical call to his disciples to be perfect as their heavenly Father is perfect (cf. Matthew 5:48)." Carmel – Where prayer becomes life and life flourishes in prayer. – Pope John Paul II |
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Church of the Resurrection, 1600 11th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN 55904, 507-288-5528