Our Communities
Basilica Address: 1715 N. Zarzamora St. San Antonio, TX 78201
Mailing Address: Little Flower Administration Office 824 Kentucky Ave. San Antonio, TX 78201
Office Number: (210) 735-9126
Website: littleflowerbasilica.org
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse Parish celebrated its first Mass on April 4, 1926. From there the shrine and community continued to grow, even throughout the Great Depression. The Basilica as we know it today was completed in 1931.
Community:
Fr. Gregory Ross, pastor, rector, and superior
Conventuals: Fr. John Magdalene Suenram, Fr. Sam Anthony Morello, Fr. Jerome Earley, Fr. Luis Belmonte-Luna, Fr. Jesus Sancho, Fr. Jorge Maria Cabrera, Br. Vladimir Guadalupe
In residence: Fr. Luis Castañeda, provincial
Center Address: 4600 West Davis St. Dallas, TX 75211
Office Number: (214) 331-6224
Website: mountcarmelcenter.org
Mt. Carmel Center functions as a pastoral institute of spirituality. The community of friars offers retreats, days of recollection, individual spiritual direction, and lectures in Carmelite spirituality.
Community:
Fr. Stephen Sanchez, pastor of St. Mary of Carmel Parish and superior
Conventuals: Fr. Marion Bui, Fr. Bonaventure Sauer, Fr. Jenaro de la Cruz, Fr. Raul Reyes, and Fr. Jim Curiel
In residence: Fr. Luis Castañeda, provincial
Marylake Monastery
Monastery Address: 5151 Marylake Dr. Little Rock, AR 72206
Marylake Monastery has served as the novitiate house of our Province.
Community:
Fr. Stephen Sanchez, superior
Little Flower Monastery, Oklahoma
Monastery Address: 1125 S. Walker Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73109
The community of Discalced Carmelite Friars in Oklahoma City lives the call to the contemplative life, offering prayers for those in need and for the world.