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We have so much happening this year in 2024, that we wanted to give you a glimpse of some of what we have planned. You can view details of all our events here

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Read our latest blog on the Retreat-Pilgrimage with St. Therese as we reflect on each day’s activities!

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2025 Pilgrimages

Pilgrimage is about transformation. It’s about making us more like Jesus Christ. This is what both Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross set out to do in their writings such as Teresa’s Way of Perfection and John’s Living Flame of Love. Indeed, there’s no more powerful way to understanding their life transforming teaching than by experiencing their world first-hand. Check out our new offering for 2025!

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Spiritual Direction Formation Programme (2024)

The Spiritual Direction Formation Programme (Carmelite Tradition) builds on an interpretation of the experience of journeying towards intimacy with God as expressed in the life of the Carmelite saints and deriving principles from this for the growth and flourishing of the spiritual life.

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Upcoming Events

Enter by the Narrow Gate series

Starting January 2024 In this monthly online reflection series, Dr. Susan Muto and the Carmelite friars in Oxford will reflect and pray with the book Enter the Narrow Gate by Dr. Susan Muto over a one-year period.

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Carmelite Reading Circle

Every year over a one year period we will become companions on a journey of profound faith deepening as together we will spend time with each other in friendship and prayer, reflecting on various books.

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Spiritual Direction Formation Programme 2024

Starting 2024 The Spiritual Direction Formation Programme (Carmelite Tradition) builds on an interpretation of the experience of journeying towards intimacy with God as expressed in the life of the Carmelite saints and deriving principles from this for the growth and flourishing of the spiritual life.

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School of Prayer 2024

The School of Prayer is intended for those who realise the importance of prayer in their lives and are seeking a deeper relationship with God and support and encouragement in their search.

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PILGRIMAGE WITH THE CARMELITES

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School of Prophets

The School for Prophets aims to hear and heed God’s voice from within the tumult of this time. Practicing the prayer, study, and silent receptivity exemplified by the prophets, school-participants will examine the world as God sees it, and discern ways to speak God’s truth, for both what is needed and possible.

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School of Scripture

School of Scripture will take a comprehensive look at the structure and contents of the Bible, i.e., both the Old and the New Testaments, their historical background and the centuries-old tradition of Biblical interpretation (aka 'exegesis').

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Waiting on the Word (Advent through the Psalms)

Starting off with a selection of Psalms, this retreat will explore the poetic form of the Psalms, and their imagery that touch the emotions and engage the mind in longing and waiting for the Word made flesh. With the Psalmist we express our deepest yearning for the Word that gives life, and dispels the darkness and...

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