February: Dedicated to the Holy Family
February 1, 2025
By Mary O’Boyle OCDS, Christchurch President Welcome Pope Francis has declared 2025 a Jubilee Year, with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. It is of great
The Peace of Christ Community meets every first Sunday (Community Meeting Day) and the third Tuesday (Bethany Day) of the month. Enquirers are generally invited to our informal Bethany Day gatherings in order to meet and mingle. When greater interest is ignited, after a period of about six months, they are then invited to join in the Sunday Community Meeting. The map below shows where we regularly meet.
We typically meet at the Carmelite Monastery in Halswell, Christchurch. New visitors are welcome but please contact us first by using the form below. Click on the map below for directions.
It is our commitment to develop communion with other communities especially across New Zealand and within Asia Pacific.
Each year we organise a silent retreat with a Carmelite theme which is open to the other OCDS Communities and to the wider Dioceses as a way of sharing our Carmel charism.
Looking for a retreat away from the stresses of our world?
The annual Christchurch OCDS retreat is scheduled from 15-17 November 2024. Join our secular carmelites as you take time away to listen to God’s voice. The retreat is being directed by a Carmelite priest visiting from Australia – Fr Adalbert OCD.
Register by contacting Megan Emery using the details above.
Please note the updated location of College House in Upper Riccarton.
Read our retreat reflections by clicking on the image above.
Read our retreat reflections by clicking on the image above.
By Mary O’Boyle OCDS, Christchurch President Welcome Pope Francis has declared 2025 a Jubilee Year, with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. It is of great
It’s been 91 years! Find out more about the Sisters’ needs as they fundraise for their chapel! Can you help?
Rebecca, a new visiting retreatant from the Catholic Enquiry Centre, wrote up her experience of the Nov ’24 Christchurch Silent Retreat.
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