We are Family! Friars, nuns, seculars — all three!

We are Family! Come on everybody, PRAY!

Video of the Opening Song of the 2024 OCDS Congress, Wakefield, MA

Greeting to the OCDS Congress from Fr. General, Fr. Miguel Márquez Calle, OCD

Thank you!

to all who attended the August 22nd-25th 

Featured in “OCD Communicationes”

September 2024 | Issue 402 | Page 5 | Carmelite Curia, Rome, Italy

The 2024 OCDS Congress that took place in Wakefield, MA, from August 22nd to the 25th, gathered hundreds of OCDS from 33 states in the United States and from abroad. Some Carmelite Fathers and Nuns were present too making it indeed a family reunion. The title was “The Joy of Carmel.”

The different conferences, the moments of prayer and reflection and the times of community recreation, help attendees to really experience the joy of belonging to the Discalced Carmelite Order. His eminence Card Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, came to celebrate Mass on August 24th and during his homily he said: “Carmelite spirituality allows us to discover that love, the crucified love, and to be able to climb the mountain and be able to embrace that love, and we are so grateful for your charism, for your vocations, for your presence here.”

The Congress was very successful and very well organized.

Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap.
with the 2024 OCDS Congress Committee (8/24/24)

Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston

Celebrant & Homilist
Saturday, August 24th: 11:00 AM Mass
2024 OCDS Congress, Wakefield, MA

PHOTOS BY WES CIPOLLA

“Carmelite spirituality allows us to discover that love, the crucified love, and to be able to climb the mountain and be able to embrace that love, and we are so grateful for your charism, for your vocations, for your presence here.”

August 24th Homily of Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap. at the 2024 OCDS Congress

We made the Front Cover of The Pilot!

Carmelite Congress

Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
hold annual national gathering in Wakefield.

Congress participants stand during the Mass celebrated by Cardinal O’Malley / Saturday - 8/24/24. Pilot photo/Wes Cipolla

Carmelite Congress draws hundreds for prayer, community in Wakefield

2024 OCDS CONGRESS IN “THE BOSTON PILOT”
America’s oldest Catholic newspaper

Boston, Friday, 30th of August, 2024

BY WES CIPOLLA, PILOT STAFF

VIEW MASS PHOTOS

“So much of the Carmelite spirituality is about teaching people how to pray and to grow in their interior life.”

August 24th Homily of Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap. at the 2024 OCDS Congress

Cardinal Seán's Blog

Cardinal Seán O’Malley
shares his reflections and experiences

2024 OCDS CONGRESS - WAKEFIELD, MA

August 30, 2024

“Of course, the Carmelites are an important presence here in the Archdiocese of Boston, not only the seculars, but we are very pleased that the Carmelite friars are now studying at St. John’s Seminary.”

Cardinal Seán's Blog / August 30, 2024 / Photo by Wes Cipolla

“This past weekend, the Secular Discalced Carmelites held their annual National Congress in Wakefield. So, Loretta Gallagher, one of the event’s organizers, invited me to come and celebrate Mass with them on Saturday”. READ MORE | MASS PHOTOS

Inter-Provincial Council (IPC) including 3 Keynote Speakers
Photo by Br. John-Magdalene, OCD (far left)
2024 OCDS CONGRESS - WAKEFIELD, MA

PRESENTATIONS
The Joy of Carmel

Video Recordings of 6 Presentations
2024 OCDS CONGRESS
by Br. John-Mary Winter, OCD

DRONE PHOTOS & VIDEO

“Jesus! At this Name,
my heart dances with joy.”

St. Miriam of Jesus Crucified - (Letter; Dec. 19, 1873)