Nottingham Carmelites

St Edith Stein Community, Derby
St Elizabeth of the Trinity Community, Nottingham
St John of the Cross Community, Lincoln

Welcome to our website.

We are groups of lay Catholics in the Nottingham Diocese who are called to live their baptism to the full as members of the world-wide Carmelite family.

These pages will give you some idea of who we are, how we live and what inspires us in our attempt to be followers of Jesus.

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Nottingham and Lincoln Community Retreat 2024

In June the Nottingham and Lincoln groups met at Buckden Towers near St Neots in Cambridgeshire for their annual weekend retreat.

Carmelite News February 2024

News from the Nottingham group

Secular Carmelite Update 2023

News from the Secular Carmelite Groups in the Nottingham Diocese (adapted from an article published in The Vine, the magazine of the Secular Discalced Carmeite Community in England and Wales)

Carmelite Retreats and Reading Groups

We run Carmelite Reading groups and retreat days open to all. Why not come and join us?

Our Communities

In the Nottingham Diocese there are three closely linked but autonomous communities of Secular Carmelites.

Talking Philosophy: a Carmelite Perspective

A new reading and discussion Zoom group for everyone who would like to discover and grapple with some of the more philosophical Carmelite writers..

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Divine Office

Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
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Get in touch

email Louise Aldred
(07843 599131)Call Frances Fogg