The Discalced Carmelite Friars
are a Roman Catholic religious community of priests and brothers
serving the Church through lives of prayer and ministry, lived
out in a fraternal setting. With roots that go back to twelfth-century
hermits on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land, the Discalced Carmelites
were established by St. Teresa of Avila
and St.
John of the Cross in 1568 to renew the Order's commitment
to contemplation, simplicity and community.
Today more than 4,000 OCD friars serve the Church in over seventy
countries. The Washington Province of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary consists of monasteries in Massachusetts, Washington, DC,
West Virginia, Wisconsin (2), Illinois and Nairobi, Kenya. Members
of the Province also serve in the Philippines and in Rome.
If you wish to speak to a friar or get more
information please write to:
Vocation Director
St. Florian's
1233 South 45th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53214
414-643-0933
or email:
ocdvocations@hotmail.com
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