Welcome to O.C.D.S.

Barrington, Rhode Island Chapter

We pledge ourselves to the service of Our Lady, and are under her protection. She is our Queen and Mother, as well as our Model, for she always said fiat – yes – may it be – to the will of God, and pondered in her heart all the mysteries she was privileged to witness in the life of Her Divine Son.

The Eight Beatitudes of Jesus

Jesus Christ gave us the eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, recorded for all posterity in the Gospel of Matthew, the first Book of the New Testament of the Bible. Matthew’s Gospel is directed to an audience steeped in Hebrew tradition.

The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

We welcome those of the faithful who, by special vocation, undertake to live in the world, an evangelical life of fraternal communion imbued with the spirit of contemplative prayer and apostolic zeal and according to the example and teaching of the Carmelite saints.

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Our Members

The members of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites are faithful members of the Church, called to live “in allegiance to Jesus Christ” through “friendship with the One we know loves us” and in service to the Church. Under the protection of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in the biblical tradition of the prophet Elijah and inspired by the teachings of St Teresa of Jesus and St John of the Cross, they seek to deepen their Christian commitment received in baptism.

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