Primary Sources

The Rule of St. Albert

OCDS Constitutions

Ratio Institutionis

Provincial Statutes (Washington Province, USA)

Provincial Statutes (California-Arizona Province, USA)

Provincial Statutes (Oklahoma Province, USA)

Provincial Statutes (England/Wales)

Provincial Statutes (Australia and New Zealand)

Washington Province Book of Documents

All Carmelite texts are from ICS Publications and used with permission. Many citations are direct from the Carmelite Digital Library, Washington Province Discalced Carmelites Secular Order, Inc. Source texts for the Carmelite Digital Library include the following.

St. Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Avila Collected Works (3 Volumes). Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD.

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila (2 Volumes). Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD.

St. John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross: The Collected Works of St. John on the Cross. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD.

The abbreviations used in the book are below.

Ascent = Ascent of Mt. Carmel (John of the Cross)

Canticle = Spiritual Canticle (John of the Cross)

Castle = Interior Castle (Teresa of Avila)

Constitutions = Constitutions by Teresa of Avila, not the OCDS Constitutions

Flame = The Living Flame of Love (John of the Cross)

Foundations = The Book of Her Foundations (Teresa of Avila)

Hidden Life = The Hidden Life (Edith Stein)

Letters = The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila

Life = Book of Her Life (Teresa of Avila)

Maxims = Maxims of St. John of the Cross

Meditations = Meditations (Teresa of Avila)

Night = Dark Night of the Soul (John of the Cross)

Presence = Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection)

Sayings = The Sayings of Light and Love (John of the Cross)

Science = Science of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Soliloquies = Soliloquies of Teresa of Avila

Story = Story of a Soul (Therese of Lisieux)

Precautions = The Precautions (John of the Cross)

Way = The Way of Perfection (Teresa of Avila)

These books can be purchased from ICS Publications.

Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.