Apostolicam Actuositatem (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)
Catechism of the Catholic Church – Part 4
Chastity This Only One Kind of Love
Community and Growth by Jean Vanier – Chapters 1, 3 (Study Guide for OCDS) Communities can substitute the following article for the topic of Community: Our First Duty as Carmelites
Contemporary Challenge of St John of the Cross: His Life and Teachings by Leanard Coohan (if out of print – Provincial Council recommends substituting another introductory level book on St John of the Cross such as John of the Cross: Man and Mystic by Richard Hardy or Impact of God by Ian Matthew.
Existential Obedience by Gerald Alford OCDS
Historical Notes of the Carmelite Order by Gabriel Barry OCD
Chapter 2
Chapter 3-4
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Lumen Gentium – Chapter 8
Promise to be Poor by Gerald Alford OCDS