Carmelite Friars Mission Statement:
We Carmelite friars, followers of Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross, live as brothers in community. With Mary as our patroness, we serve Christ and His Church through ministries of prayer, presence, evangelization and pastoral care.

OCD Postulants in Jinja

News from the OCD Missions in Uganda

Provincial Fr. Gerald Werner, OCD, writes in the March 2008 Discalced Carmelites Missions newsletter: "In the last mission newsletter I reported that we Carmelites are now accepting native Ugandan vocations. One day they will take over the Carmelite mission and spread the life and ministry of the Discalced Carmelite priests and brothers throughout Uganda.
To provide for part of the formation of these and future vocations, the provincial council in February approved a proposal presented by Fr. David and the mission community to build a house of formation in Jinja for our philosophy students...The house will include individual rooms for 15 students, plus 2 priest formators, as well as 2 guest rooms... The cost of this new house will be nearly $300,000. Thanks to the very generous support of you, the friends and benefactors of the Carmelite mission, we have the funds in the bank to pay for construction. We hope that the building will be ready for occupancy within a year. Pray for God’s blessing on this new major development. May God bless all of you for helping to make it possible."
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