Assignments

Some of the reading materials used for Formation assignments 

 

Carmelite:

  • Aspirancy Brochure
  • Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Carmel by Paul Marie of the Cross OCD
  • Lectio Divina by Sam Anthony Morello OCD
  • The Rule of St. Albert
  • The OCDS Constitutions
  • The Provincial Statutes
  • Story of a Soul by St Therese of Lisieux
  • Way of Perfection by St Teresa of Jesus
  • Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross
  • Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Jesus
  • Spiritual Canticle of St. John of the Cross

Catholic Church:

  • The Holy Scriptures
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours
  • Lumen Gentium ( Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
  • Apostolicam Actuositatem (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)
  • Christifideles Laici (John Paul ll, Apostolic Exhortation on the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World)
  • Gaudium et Specs (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
  • Redemptoris Mater (John Paul ll, Encyclical Letter on the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Other Resources:

  • Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium (Dogmatic Constitution of the Liturgy)
  • Marsalis Cultus (Pope Paul Vl)
  • Collected Works of St. Teresa of Jesus
  • Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
  • Collected Works of St. Therese Of the Child Jesus
  • The Works of St. Teresa Benedicta  of the Cross (Edith Stein)
  • The Works of Blessed St. Elizabeth of the Trinity