Monthly Community Meeting

Community Meetings, Days of Prayer, Retreats: 2017

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October 21	Lay Carmelite Day of Recollection for the Bay Area Region 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. BIO Topic: Total Abandonment to God Retreat Leader: Rev. Matthew Murray Parochial Vicar, Holy Spirit Catholic Church Location: St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church 390 Missouri Street • San Francisco, CA 94107 Directions Registration. Pre-registration is due October 7, 2017. Registration Form In lieu of the Community Meeting in October, please attend the DAY OF RECOLLECTION.
November 19 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Governo House Dining Room & Library (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
December 10 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church St. Matthew’s Classroom (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.

Community Meetings, Days of Recollection, Retreats: 2018

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January 14 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
February 18 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
March 18 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
April 15 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
May 20 or May 27 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church St. Matthew’s Classroom (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
June	Lay Carmelite Day of Recollection for the Bay Area Region 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Topic: To be announced Retreat Master: To be announced Location: Holy Spirit Catholic Church 37588 Fremont Blvd. • Fremont, CA 94536 Directions Registration Details: To be announced In lieu of the Community Meeting in June, please attend the DAY OF RECOLLECTION.
July 7–15	Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 7:00-8:30pm Holy Spirit Church St. Matthew’s Classroom (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA If you are not able to join us, please say the Novena prayers at home.
July 15 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church St. Matthew’s Classroom (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
August 19 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church St. Matthew’s Classroom (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
September 16 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
October 21 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
November 11 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.
December 9 Lectio Divina is the Gospel of the day, as shown on the USCCB website.	Community Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Holy Spirit Church Peace Center (DaSousa House) (See Campus Map) Fremont, CA See Ongoing Formation page for Required Reading If you are interested in joining us, please contact us for more information.

Call to Community

This call to community is deeply reflected in the original Carmelite Way of Life, also known as the Carmelite Rule or the Rule of Saint Albert. This Way of Life has mandated from the first days of the Order that Carmelites are to live as a community, celebrating the Eucharist, praying the psalms (later the Liturgy of the Hours) together in common, meeting frequently to encourage one another and manifesting a spirit of poverty, detachment and contemplative prayer in their personal lives. All Carmelites, Religious and Lay, are to pattern themselves on the early Christians, being of one heart and one mind, devoting themselves to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers (Acts 2:42-47, 4:32).

Source: Carmel's Call, Chapter 4