For the last two days we have been celebrating our Community Feast. This is not a liturgical feast, but an important tradition in Carmel, a time to give thanks to God for the community which…

Today we had the great joy of celebrating Sister Frances’s Golden Jubilee. Many of her family, young and old, came to the Mass of thanksgiving and for the dinner afterwards. Sister Frances entered the Carmel…

And now it is time for us to say thank you to Father Philip! After fifteen years of faithful sevice as our chaplain, he left yesterday for a well-earned retirement in the house of his…

Today we celebrated Sister Frances’s 70th birthday! Father Philip offered Mass for her intentions. Last Sunday we had a farewell party for him, and he thanked Sister Frances for all her kindness to him over…