AboutThe Secular Order of Discalced CarmelitesDaily Life
- Secular Order members usually belong to a local community of Secular Carmelites.
- Practical charity and a hidden life of prayer are supported through membership in a local community.
- Secular Carmelites strive to develop a spiritual life by fostering a life of prayer through solitary mental prayer for at least a half-hour each day.
- Members seek to draw strength from the liturgical life of the Church by attendance at daily Mass, if at all possible.
- They recite Morning and Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office).
- They make frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and observe days of penance prescribed by the Church or by Secular Order rules.
- They wear the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, who should be present in a special way in the life of every Carmelite.
- Secular Carmelites participate as much as possible in the apostolic endeavors of the Church.
