The Carmelite Community - OCARM. Whitefriars Hall Washington, DC

08/29/2025

08/19/2025

At Evening Prayer we celebrated Emerson who begins his pre-novitiate with our community. He was invested with the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as an outward sign of his commitment to further discern his vocation in Carmel and prepare for the novitiate. 🙏

08/17/2025

With great joy and delight, we concluded our Carmelite Studies Program (CSP). For a week, our brothers participated in activities focused on prayer and contemplation, learning about our Carmelite Saints. Thank you all for your prayers. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

08/14/2025

Over the course of this week, our Whitefriars Hall community has been participating in the CSP (Carmelite Studies Program) with other brothers from different countries. This year's theme is "Prayer in Carmel, Liturgical Life in Carmel, and Contemplative Prayer." We are very grateful for the presence of our brother John Mary, OCD, who has shared important topics in the daily conferences in our Hall.

05/26/2024

Today our brother Jonathan Steele, O.Carm was ordained to the priesthood in his home-country Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹. Let’s pray for him in his new ministry as a Carmelite priest. Blessings Father Jonathan.

05/11/2024

We congratulate our brothers on their graduation from The Catholic University of America:
Nicholas Blackwell (SEL) - Licentiate in Canon Law, J.C.L.
Roberto Reyes Castillo (PCM) - M.A. in Systematic Theology
Jonathan Steele (SEL) - Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Master of Divinity
Well done, Brothers! We're very proud of your accomplishments!🏫 🎓 📜

05/11/2024

The end of the academic year has come. Time to say goodbye for the summer. The members of our community will soon head out for summer assignments, language immersion, vacations, and more.
We especially say goodbye to Brothers Daryl (going home to Australia), Jonathan (first assignment in Trinidad), and Roberto (first assignment in Tucson AZ). Please pray for them as they enter this time of transition. We'll miss them!
Wishing all a blessed summer! 🙏🙏🙏

05/10/2024

Some of us went to visit a graduate of Joliet Catholic High School (now Joliet Catholic Academy, a Carmelite and Franciscan school), Judge Bob Dow, in the Supreme Court of the United States. We had a very interesting visit, and even scored some baskets in the highest Basketball court of the country, right above the Great Hall.

05/05/2024

Congratulations to our brothers Gregg Durham and Ryan Resurreccion! Both were ordained deacons today at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown NY. We're proud of you. Many blessings on your new ministry 🙏🙏🙏

04/27/2024

This week our WFH community had the honor of welcoming our brothers Luis Maza and Richard Byrne who made their canonical visit as general councilors of the Order of Carmel. Thank you very much for your brotherhood and closeness. God bless you!

04/26/2024