The spiritual journey is personal, but it need not be solitary.

Spiritual direction offers a confidential and contemplative space in which you can speak about your life, prayer, faith and experience with someone trained to listen and accompany you.

On 15 August, we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a feast of profound hope and one with a special place in the life and spirituality of Carmel.

Our spiritual lives are not static. Along the way we encounter questions, experiences and challenges that invite us to look more deeply at our faith, ourselves and the way we live in the world.

What does our growing understanding of the universe, the Earth and the evolution of life mean for our spirituality — and for the way we live?

For more than two decades, people have gathered each Thursday evening at the Carmelite Centre to share something increasingly rare in everyday life — time simply to be still.

In the midst of our often-full lives, we are invited to make space for stillness — to become quiet, attentive and open to the presence of God.

Join us online each Tuesday evening for Prayer Meditation, a gentle time of shared prayer and silent meditation led by Natalie Chubaty and members of the Carmelite Centre community.

In this session of Carmelite Conversations 2026: Seasons of the Heart, we will be seeking to explore a recognition of God’s graceful and loving pursuit of us as the very essence of contemplation.

Drawing on the wisdom of the Carmelite tradition and the insights of Fr Jack Welch O.Carm, our exploration will reveal the Carmelite perspective that contemplation is an encounter with the ever-present, honest outpouring of God’s freely given love and the never-ending invitation to receive it. Furthermore, this movement unites all living things into the possibility of liberation and transformation that is both personal and communal.