Secretary's letter

Letter from Pat Darby
Provincial Secretary for the Central Jurisdiction
2008-2011 Term

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Our new councils are in place, and in this edition there is the OCDS Provincial Directory to help acquaint you with all of them.

Included in the Directory, are the new members of the Provincial Council, those returning, as well as our newly re-elected, President, Elizabeth Korves.

Also, we welcome our new Provincial Delegate Fr. Bonaventure Sauer, OCD, who comes to his new responsibility with new ideas and a fresh beginning.

Let us ask God to send the Holy Spirit into our Province and bless this term of 2008-2011 with new vocations, especially to the First Order, and harmony and gratitude that we have all been blessed with this holy vocation to Carmelite spirituality.

We ask this through the intercession of our Blessed Mother, Patroness of our Order.

I thank those communities who promptly sent in their information on their new councils, their annual dues, and included their rosters.

There are still some subscribers who have not as yet sent in their annual fees, so with the newsletter, we will include a friendly "Did you forget?"

I understand some members have been unable to reach me through my AOL email
address, so I am including another address that you may use, if you have trouble with
AOL. Someday I'm going to leave those people!!

My Regular Email Address is:
jmjtj33@aol.com and the alternate is: darby3366@yahoo.com

also, please feel free to call me @ 214-495-0597
Address: 315 N. Greenville Ave., #1214 Allen, TX 75002-9146

15th REGIONAL OCDS CONGRESS

Carmelite Seculars - Bringing Light to the World
September 11 through September 14, 2008
Houston, TX

For Information and Questions jeannice.theriot@gmail.com

Here is something I found in an old journal of mine. Sorry to say, that I do not know the source, but it speaks to us of our vocation:

"Contemplation is God's supreme gift, which enables the soul to love Him beyond all words and all thoughts, beyond all specific acts, interior or exterior. It is just remaining loving God, and all creation in Him with the very love of God Himself... The more faithful a person is to his call to this contemplative charism, the greater and deeper will be his/her actual service to the people of God. "

May our good God help us all remain faithful to this great gift.

Your sister in Carmel,

Pat Darby ocds, Provincial Secretary