On October 12, 2024, the OCDS in Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo for a fraternal sharing. The OCDS in Sri Lanka was founded on November 24, 1974, at Corpus Christi Carmel monastery, Mattakkuliya in Colombo. During the meeting the OCDS discussed important aspects of their life, their current situation and their possibilities. The meeting ended with a fraternal gathering in which the OCDS members renewed their commitment to continue growing in their vocation and invite other people to share with them their experience and identity as Secular Carmelites. Now with the presence of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers in Sri Lanka, there are great possibilities for new foundations of the OCDS in the future. There are groups of people interested in beginning new foundations in Negombo, Thalgaswela and Lunugala. Two bishops have already given their consent to start the OCDS in their diocese.
