Carmelite Ormiston | Young Carmelite Group

Young Carmelite Group

The Brisbane Young Carmelite Group - for young adults aged 18-35 - has been meeting since 2001 here at the Carmelite Monastery. The group has been guided by Fr. Greg Homeming OCD or another Carmelite Friar. Since July 2009 the sisters have taken on the facilitation of the group.

Meeting Program

Next YCG Meeting

13 April 2019

Topic: 'Praying with St Teresa - Walking with Jesus through Holy Week’ We will use St Teresa's 'Way of Perfection' chapter 26 to help us stay close to Jesus in his suffering and death.

Our 2019 meetings began on the feast of the Presentation with the topic

'Praying the Scriptures with Mary: an Invitation to Lectio Divina'

Our topic on 6 October was 'Back to the Gospel - The Message of Thérèse of Lisieux' and we had a big group from UQ joining us. Several didn't make it into the photo. We said good-bye to Katherine and Michael who are finishing up with NET and returning home - Katherine all the way to the USA.

Our August topic was 'The Loneliness of Jesus: Insights from St Teresa

and the Gospel of Mark

Our topic in June was 'St Therese of Lisieux - Her Discovery of Love'

Notice Ariel has leaped through the grille? She entered Carmel in February.

On 3 February 2018 we continued our themes from 'The Spiritual Canticle'

of St John of the Cross with the topic: 'Immersion in God's Beauty'

We said goodbye to Hien who is entering the Benedictines at Jamberoo next weekend. She is starting to feel a little nervous, but looks very peaceful and happy. We will keep her in our prayers.

It was also Aushra's last time with us, before she returns home to Lithuania.

We remember all those who have been part of our YCG and hope they have come a little closer to God through our Carmelite spirituality.

At present we are reflecting on some themes from the 'Spiritual Canticle'

Our first meetings in 2017 focused on different aspects of the spirituality of St Therese of Lisieux. Then we started looking at St. John of the Cross's poem: 'The Spiritual Canticle'

During Advent we reflected on 'Waiting in Silence and Prayer with St Elizabeth of the Trinity'

YCG August 2016

Group YCG August 2016

In August we had our biggest group ever with the UQ Chaplaincy Team and some students who swelled our ranks. The topic was 'The Mercy of God in St Therese of Lisieux'.

Our topic in June was 'Mary in our Life'

There will be enrolments in the brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt Carmel during our celebration on 17 July. Some will be at WYD in Krakow at that time, but if you haven't been enrolled before, here's your chance. See our contacts page:

http://www.carmeliteormiston.com/contact-us.html

In April we looked at 'The Call to Holiness' from a Carmelite perspective

With some new faces we started off 2016 by going back to basics with an introduction to Carmelite Spirituality

At our September meeting we explored the riches of Teresa's 4th Mansions

YCG September 2015 EP

Evening Prayer with the Sisters

YCG September 2015 after EP

YCG September 2015 front

Our May group was small, but we enjoyed exploring Teresa's Second Mansions.

In 2015, the 5th centenary year of the Birth of St. Teresa, we are 'travellings inwards' through 'The Interior Castle'. In March we studied the First Mansions.

10 May 2014