Formation Talks

We will be posting various Carmelite Formation Conferences given to our community in St. Louis.  

Our Carmelite Promises

Our current Formation Director has begun a series of talks on the Promises we make as Secular Carmelites. 

1. Our Carmelite Promise: An Overview
2. Our Carmelite Promise: The Holy Spirit & Discernment
3. To Ponder Always In Imitation of Mary
4. Our Carmelite Promise: To Ponder Always in Imitation of Mary
5. Our Carmelite Promise:  Faith as Unknowing
6. Our Carmelite Promise: Hope
7. Our Carmelite Promise: A Personal Reflection, Part 1
8. Our Carmelite Promise: A Personal Reflection, Part 2

Talks on the Mansions of St. Teresa of Jesus 

Works of Father Gabriel Barry, O.C.D.

1. The First Mansion
2. The Second Mansion
3. The Third Mansion
4. The Fourth Mansion - Part 1
5. The Fourth Mansion - Part 2
6. The Fifth Mansion

Formation talks given to our community by Deacon John Coates 

Writings from †Deacon John Coates, O.C.D.S. 

1. Active Night of the Spirit and Senses
2. The Spirit of God | The Holy Spirit
3. Journey Within
4. Poverty of Spirit Through Detachment
5. Prayer in the Carmelite Tradition
6. The Process and the Promise
7. Self-emptying in the Carmelite Tradition
8. Solitude: Solitude and the Carmelite Tradition
9. St. Francis of Assisi and St. John of the Cross
10. The Mystic and Mysticism | part 2
11. This Man Called John and Why the Cross?