Charism
Prayer is at the heart of the renewal that St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross brought to the Carmelite Order. Their own experience of contemplative prayer and the wonderful way in which they wrote about this experience has been the inspiration of their followers ever since.
Consequently, the distinctive feature of our way of life is our focus on personal prayer or meditation in community as we try to live out our "allegiance to Jesus Christ”, after the example of our sister in faith, the Virgin Mary whom St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross were deeply devoted to. Thus, in addition to our daily Mass and Divine Office we spend two hours in personal prayer each day. This prayer is at the very heart of our life. Through it we deepen our awareness of God's love for us and his presence in our world and like the great Prophet, Elijah, from this (experience of prayer) flow our pastoral endeavours.
