ASPIRANCY

Preparation for reception of Scapular, one year, 12 sessions.

Goal: To learn the History of the Order, Carmelite Spirituality, Constitutions and Statutes, begin Prayer Practice and Integration into the OCDS Community.

Needed:

1. Welcome to the Secular Order of DiscalcedCarmelties, Aloysius Deeney, OCD, ICS Publications

2. Discalced Carmelites Washington Province of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Secular Order Legislation: Rule of St. Albert, Constitutions, Statutes

3. Christian Prayer (Liturgy of the hours), Catholic Book Pub. Co., (available at Catholic bookstores/internet) ISBN # 0-89942-406-6, Lg. Print Ed. 0-89942-407-4

4. St. Joseph Yearly Guide to single volume of Christian Prayer (available at Catholic bookstores/internet)

5. Carmelite Spirituality inthe Teresian Tradition, Paul-Marie of the Cross, OCD, ICS Publications

Optional:

  1. Journey to Carith, Peter-Thomas Rohrbach, ICS Publications

  2. Elijah: Prophet of Carmel, Jane Ackerman, ICS Pub. ISSBN: 0-935216-30-8

  3. Carmel and Mary: Theology and History of a Devotion, Ed. John F. Welch, O.Carm., The Carmelite Institute, ISBN: 0-9656910-3-9

Aug Liturgy of the Hours. How-to, questions, problems, history, and handouts

Sep Constitutions and Statutes, study and discuss

Oct Welcome to the Secular Order by Fr. A. Deeney, OCD

The New Legislation and the Vocation to Carmel, pp. 22-37

Nov Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition.

Introduction, Section I, II, III: The Sources, Characteristics, Rule of Albert, Mary.

Constitutions #6: Guiding Principles of the Carmelite Life

Elijah, Tradition and Scripture, Patrick Fitzgerald-Lombard, O.Carm. handout

Dec Secular Order of Legislation (blue book) Rule of St. Albert.

Carmelite History: 14th and 15th Centuries. handout

Jan Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition, Section IV, Masters and Models (Carmelite saints).

Reforms and Origins of the Carmelite Nuns

Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face - Handouts

Feb Carmelite Saints: Carmelite Calendar,

Carmelite Saints Feast Days Propers. Booklet handout

Mar Aspirants Review, schedule interview with Council

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Apr Constitutions Section II: Following Jesus in the Teresian Secular Carmel

Constitutions Section VI: Formation in the School of Carmel.

Self Evaluation for Aspirants

May Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition, Section V: Carmelite Prayer and Contemplation.

The Role of Study in Formation.

The Value of Attending OCDS Meetings. handouts

Jun TBA

Jul Ceremony. Accepted Aspirants receive Scapular and are admitted to Formation

The great Teresian Carmelite family is present in the world in many forms. The nucleus of this family is the Order of Discalced Carmelites – the friars, the enclosed nuns, the seculars. It is the one Order with the same charism. The Order is nourished by the long tradition of Carmel, expressed in the Rule of Saint Albert and the doctrine of the Carmelite Doctors of the Church and the Order’s other saints. (OCDS Constitutions, Preface)