“Do whatever He tells you” -John 2:5   We are all familiar with Mary’s command to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” I reflect on that scripture often because, in leadership, I need...

After teaching for forty eight years and caring for my elderly mother for eight years, I tried to discern what service God may have in store for me. After a few months of discerning,...

My ministry as Spiritual Coordinator for our two sisters in Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Facility in Opelousas has been a blessing. My focus is visiting and praying with them with a consciousness...

  I grew up in New Iberia, LA, and attended Mt. Carmel Academy in that town for my elementary and high school years. Three months after graduating from high school, I entered the convent,...

  Let all that you do be done in love (1 Corinthian 16:14). This Bible passage is a perfect reminder for me as I perform my new ministry in the foreign land here in...

The Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel welcomed three young women who joined our Lived-in Aspirancy Program in Timor-Leste starting this month of February.      

The Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel met for their Thirty-sixth General Chapter at the Carmelite Spirituality Center in Lacombe, Louisiana from December 27, 2016 – January 3, 2017. Thirty-six sister delegates from...

I suppose I should begin today by singing Sister Ann Carmel’s “Mule Song”—but I will spare you that and just remind you that at 103 she could still sing “And the mule said, ‘Hee-Haw,...

  Dear Friends of Carmel, Greetings of Peace and Love. This year the Sisters of Mount Carmel have joined the iGiveCatholic program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. iGiveCatholic is an...

Sister Ursula Diasselliss, O. Carm., born Carolyn Diasselliss, a Sister of Mount Carmel, principal and teacher, di ed September 12, 2016 at the Motherhouse. She was 76 years old, and in the 56th year...