2012
The Church’s Christmas season continues into the new year before we move once again into ‘ordinary time’.
Join the Teresian Carmelite family as we prepare to celebrate the fifth centenary of St Teresa’s birth. This year (October 2011 - October 2012) we are especially reading, studying & enjoying her book The Foundations. This is not just a matter of history but of how we live our faith now.
‘The Foundations is a living answer to her understanding of the signs of the times. It is a new evangelisation
Recently Pope Benedict described her as a ‘Saint who is one of the peaks of Christian spirituality of all time’ and ‘a true teacher of Christian life for the faithful of every time.’ Talking of St Teresa’s teaching on friendship the Pope says This is the friendship we all need that we must seek anew, day after day. May the example of this Saint, profoundly contemplative and effectively active, spur us too every day to dedicate the right time to prayer, to this openness to God, to this journey, in order to seek God, to see him, to discover his friendship and so to find true life’ For the full text click here.
Podcasts of St Teresa’s words are available from our sisters at Notting Hill click here.
The Foundations & all St Teresa’s works as well as other books on Carmelite Spirituality can be obtained online (click left)
Prayer intentions for this season
Throughout Advent & Christmas we are asked to pray for the following intentions:
Openness to the Word of God; Migrants & Refugees; Expectant Mothers.
The following days are special days of reflection during Advent:
Migrant’s Day Saturday 3 December
Bible Sunday Sunday 4 December (This is the 2nd Sunday of Advent)
Expectant Mothers Sunday 18 December ( This is the 4th Sunday of Advent)
All the prayer intentions for this season together with further information, prayers and links can be found at the liturgy office web site . It contains full details of the ‘Cycle of Prayer’
Prayerful Pondering... Prayerful Action
Click on the links to find out more and find out from your parish how you can be involved in Christian living.
Members of religious congregations work at the forefront of the most difficult tasks facing the human family. Human trafficking is a pressing evil of our time. On June 1st 2011 a coordinating group Talitha Kum was set up to help the vast work undertaken by the different religious congregations in this vital area. Please join us in praising God for the work of these religious, asking God to bless them & all the suffering people enmeshed in the evil of human trafficking.
Carmelite News
Carmelites throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the 5th Centenary of St Teresa’s birth. Click here for more information
A Ware sister has had a year of celebration f or 50 years of religious profession. Click here to find out about Carmelite formation.
Other News & Resources:-
The Church needs the contribution of all its members says the Pope who went on to emphasise the role of the laity in
the mission of the Church. Read/Listen at Vatican radio by clicking this link.
Pope Benedict has also recently spoken once again on love & hope. Link for more>>
Archbishop Nichols has spoken about the Church’s concern at economic cutbacks in a speech to M.P.s & Caritas representatives. He spoke of the need to listen to those ‘on the front line’. More>>
For more at the Diocese of Westminster... follow this link.