From 1 to 3 August 2025, a new edition of the Meeting of the OCDS communities was held in the Trujillo region, with the theme ‘Let us walk together, Lord’. More than 60 members of the Commissariat’s communities took part.
The aim of the meeting was to consolidate the formation and fraternity among OCDS members. Participants reflected and shared on the founding virtues of the prayer experience in the Discalced Carmelite Order: mutual love, detachment and humility, as well as on the Beatitudes as a programme of life for the faithful Christian and the Secular Carmelite. The presence of our Commissioner, Brother Grover Caceres Rivera, the National Delegate for the OCDS, Brother Fernando Chavez, and the spiritual assistants of the communities was an opportunity to strengthen the formation and fraternity among the members of the Commissariat.
At the end of this meeting, the OCDS President of the Commissariat, Mr Hipólito Rodriguez, urged the participants to remain firm when facing difficulties, with a constant attitude of dedication: a ‘yes’ not only in words, but with their whole lives.
