Welcome ~ Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

The Mother Boniface Spirituality Center welcomes The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites who are providing a silent and contemplative retreat for their members.

Secular Carmelites, together with the Friars and Nuns, are sons and daughters of the Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, expressed in the Rule of St. Albert and the Doctrine of the Carmelite Doctors of the Church and the Order’s other saints. It is one family with the same call to holiness and the same apostolic mission. Secular members contribute to the Order the benefits proper to their secular state and are faithful members of the Catholic Church called to live in allegiance to Jesus Christ. Under the protection of Our Lady of Mt. 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.