St. Joseph’s Secular Discalced Carmelites (OCDS)

A corkboard mounted on a soft beige wall, filled with carefully pinned cream-colored cards labeled “Prayer Requests” in delicate handwriting, each card partially overlapping another. At the center, a small wooden cross is pinned like an anchor for the notes. Beneath the board sits a narrow shelf with a single glass votive candle unlit, and a closed burgundy prayer book with a gold-embossed spine. Soft, diffused evening light from a nearby lamp outside the frame creates a warm, gentle glow and subtle shadows beneath each card. Photographic realism from a straight-on eye-level view, capturing a compassionate, hopeful atmosphere for a prayer request page.

Community Calendar

Discover upcoming OCDS meetings, formation sessions, and prayer events for our Washington, DC community.

Upcoming Events

09/18/25

St. Joseph

Washington DC

Meeting details

09/23/25

Online Zoom

Virtual session

Class details

09/28/25

Carmelite Monastery

Washington, DC

Retreat info

09/20/25

Parish Center

Arlington, VA

Sign up

09/24/25

Library classroom

Parish school wing

Register now

09/30/25

Shrine chapel

Baltimore, MD

Feast schedule

09/21/25

Lower Chapel

Silver Spring

View schedule

09/27/25

Education room

Carmel retreat house

More info

10/01/25

Retreat center

Emmitsburg, MD

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