This book is a collection of Fr. Aloysius Deeney's conferences presented to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelite (OCDS) members worldwide. His practical and insightful talks are primarily directed to the members of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites and others who are interested in the tradition of Discalced Carmelites. The author is notable for his extensive knowledge and understanding of the secular branch of the order and its unique lay vocation. As a result, OCDS members are the true beneficiaries of this book. This book is a “must read” for all members of the Secular Order and anyone interested in learning more about it. Father Deeney not only explores Carmelite spirituality but also addresses the practical aspects of the Secular Order vocation, from discernment about candidates to the function of the community council and the roles and importance of new OCDS legislation and Constitutions.

This book offers one of the most fruitful and popular practices of Christian devotion: the Way of the Cross, or Stations of the Cross, from a Carmelite perspective. The reader has the opportunity to make the Way of the Cross with five inspiring Carmelite saints: John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Thérèse of Lisieux, Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and Elizabeth of the Trinity. In effect, the book provides five different Ways of the Cross which the reader can use for prayer. A complete set of reflections from each saint includes a brief Scripture passage, followed by a selection from the saint’s writings; footnotes identify the source document for each. These saints have a perennial message for us, helping us to mine, as St. John of the Cross described it, the deep, inexhaustible love and riches of Christ, especially demonstrated in his Passion, death and resurrection. The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints is an ideal prayer resource for the Lenten season, or for personal prayer and reflection at any time throughout the year.

Petitions, letters, receipts, powers of attorney, financial accounts, and printed licenses from 1638-1796, pertaining to the business and religious affairs of the Discalced Carmelites in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. The documents, undoubtedly once part of the archives of the Discalced Carmelite Order, include powers of attorney for representation of Carmelite provinces in America at the court in Madrid; licenses of 1697 signed by Charles II, allowing the founding of Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Antequera and Toluca, Mexico; and a license signed by the marqués de Casafuerte, viceroy of New Spain, permitting Carmelites to travel to Spain. Correspondence between American Carmelite officials and the procurator general of the Order in Madrid, especially Fathers Pedro de San Juan de la Cruz from 1730-32, and Marcos de San Joseph from 1716-17, includes letters, receipts, and accounts concerning shipments of silver from the Carmelites in America to Spain; printed licenses completed by hand for the release and transfer of the funds from the ships at Cádiz; and petitions and responses concerning land disputes between the Carmelites in Salvatierra, Mexico, and the Augustinians in the province of Michoacán. Orders, reports, and inventories from Feb.4-April 23, 1772, compiled by commissioner Francisco Xavier Machado Fiesco concern the expropriation of five "colegios" in Puebla, formerly owned by the Jesuits. These and other Jesuit-related documents bear signatures of viceroys Bucareli, Branciforte, and Revillagigedo, as well as state's attorney Areche. Also included is a 1683 transcript documenting the formal renunciation by Gaspar de Salcedo of Puno, Peru, of claims against Pedro García de Ovalle, a judge in the case against Salcedo and his brother Joseph.

Winner of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Reference Works This volume, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, focuses on Rome from 1492-1692, an era of striking renewal: demographic, architectural, intellectual, and artistic. Rome’s most distinctive aspects--including its twin governments (civic and papal), unique role as the seat of global Catholicism, disproportionately male population, and status as artistic capital of Europe--are examined from numerous perspectives. This book of 30 chapters, intended for scholars and students across the academy, fills a noteworthy gap in the literature. It is the only multidisciplinary study of 16th- and 17th-century Rome that synthesizes and critiques past and recent scholarship while offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics and identifying new avenues for research. Committee's statement "The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes Contributors are: Renata Ago, Elisa Andretta, Katherine Aron-Beller, Lisa Beaven, Eleonora Canepari, Christopher Carlsmith, Patrizia Cavazzini, Elizabeth S. Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen, Jeffrey Collins, Simon Ditchfield, Anna Esposito, Federica Favino, Daniele V. Filippi, Irene Fosi, Kenneth Gouwens, Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli, John M. Hunt, Pamela M. Jones, Carla Keyvanian, Margaret A. Kuntz, Stephanie C. Leone, Evelyn Lincoln, Jessica Maier, Laurie Nussdorfer, Toby Osborne, Miles Pattenden, Denis Ribouillault, Katherine W. Rinne, Minou Schraven, John Beldon Scott, Barbara Wisch, Arnold A. Witte.