On Saturday, August 9, 2025, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower and the Discalced Carmelite family in San Antonio, Texas (USA) welcomed young adults from around Texas to Carmelite Young Adult Day. This annual event invites young adults to experience the family (friars, nuns, and OCDS), the spirituality, and the saints of Carmel.
The theme for this year’s event was St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: Seeker of Truth, Witness of the Cross. The day included two conferences, Mass, adoration with confessions, lunch, a Carmelite goodies giveaway, a tour of the Basilica, enrollment in the Brown Scapular, and the opportunity to venerate first and second-class relics of various Carmelite saints. Our speakers were Br. Joseph Teresa of the Eucharist, OCD (a student friar) and Abbey Murphy (a PhD student at Boston College who studies the philosophy of St. Edith Stein). Young women also had the opportunity to attend Mass with and meet our cloistered nuns in San Antonio, hearing their vocations stories and asking questions.
