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INTRODUCING THE CARMELITEMYSTICS
Christopher O’Donnell, O.Carm.
It has long been my conviction that the main crisis facing the Church is not a crisis of
faith, but a crisis of religious experience. It is not that people do not believe, but they do not
see the point of faith. And they drift away. Despite the enormous commitment of the
Catholic Church to the renewal of liturgy, there has not been a renewed Church. One may

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Fr. Ernest Larkin, O.Carm. Approximately 100 articles on Carmelite Spirituality are available online. Click his name above to navigate to his section of our web site.
• Fr. John Russell, O.Carm. Numerous articles on St. Thérèse and Carmelite Spirituality are available to you by clicking on his name.
• Fr. Kevin Shanley, O.Carm. We have placed online many of Fr. Kevin’s newspaper articles on just about every topic you might imagine. Click his name above to navigate to his section of this site.
  

On 6th April 2011, during his general audience in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI focussed on Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897) as part of a series of catecheses on the Doctors of the Church.
(The abbreviations in brackets refer to Thérèse’s various writings, including her autobiography Story of a Soul, her prayers, her poetry and her letters.)

On 16th February 2011, during his general audience in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI focussed on St. John of the Cross during the third in a series of catecheses on the Doctors of the Church.

On 2nd February 2011, during his general audience in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI began a series of catecheses on the Doctors of the Church, beginning with “one of the highest examples of Christian spirituality of all time”, the Carmelite Saint Teresa of Jesus (of Avila).