July
- Application paperwork overview and explanation
A Touch of OCDS History by Elizabeth Korves
General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours
August
- Testing & Discerning a Vocation to OCDS by Fr. Aloysius Deeney
OCDS Legislation & Vocation to Carmel by Fr. Deeney
September
- Rule of St. Albert, OCDS Constitution overview,
Oklahoma Provincial Statutes overview
Application paperwork due
October
- Lectio Divina by Fr. Sam Anthony Morello
November
- Begin Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Carmel by Paul Marie of the Cross, Pages 11-22
December
January
- Carmelite Spirituality, continued, Pages 23-33
February
- Carmelite Spirituality, continued, Pages 34-68
March
- Carmelite Spirituality, finish, Pages 69-83
Candidate Interviews
April
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 4 Christian Prayer,
Lumen Gentium, Chapter 5
May
- Catechesis and Ritual for the Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
June
- Community Ritual Retreat for accepted candidates
Tradition: The community gives a copy of New Testament & Psalms during the ceremony.
