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We welcome all our community members, fellow Carmelites and all visitors to the Web Site of the Lay Carmelites
of the community, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gulfport, Florida!
Enjoy! This site will be updated frequently; so please check back.
God bless you!
Patricia Turner T.O.C., Director
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Becoming a Lay Carmelite
Membership in the Lay Carmelites is open to all practicing Catholics between the ages of 18 and 65 who feel called
by God to live more strongly his or her baptismal vocation as a member of the Carmelite family through a deeper formation
in Christian values according to the particular charism of the Carmelite Order. Please contact our council member at
the e-mail address below.
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Who we are
"The Lay Carmelite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel is an association
mainly of laypersons. Its members, responding to a special call of God, freely and deliberately commit themselves "to
live in the following of Jesus Christ" according to the traditions and spirit of Carmel under the authority of the Prior General
of the Carmelite Order. The members, though not in Religious Life, choose to live out their baptismal commitment according
to the spirit of the Carmelite Order. Carmelite spirituality stresses purity of heart and "vacare Deo," the emptying
of self so that God can be our all. The call to Carmel, a call to seek God's will in the ordinary circumstances of everyday
life, roots Lay Carmelites in a love of those with whom they live and work, in the search for God's presence in all circumstances,
and in solidarity with God's people everywhere." Statutes for the Lay Carmelites of the Provinces of the
Most Pure Heart of Mary and Saint Elias;Chapter 1:1
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