Monthly Community Meeting

Community Meetings, Days of Recollection, Retreats: 2018

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June 9	Lay Carmelite Day of Recollection for the Bay Area Region 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. BIO Topic: Into the Deep... Discovering the Depths of God in Prayer and Peace Retreat Leader: Dan Burke Chairman & President, Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation Location: Holy Spirit Catholic Church 37588 Fremont Blvd. • Fremont, CA 94536 Directions Registration form. Pre-registration is due May 19, 2018. In lieu of the Community Meetings in May and 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