EAST STROUDSBURG– A Lay Carmelite community that was founded in February 1999 in the Poconos by four parishioners of Saint Matthew Parish is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.
Named ‘Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Lay Carmelite Community,’ the group has had enthusiastic and robust participation from the start.
Now numbering fifty members, more than forty of whom are active participants, the Community includes individuals from every parish in the Stroudsburg deanery.
Community founders were Ed Lawler, Harriett Eitzenberger and her deceased husband, Herm, and Marge Cantalupo.
In addition to the Lay Carmelite community in East Stroudsburg, the Diocese of Scranton has another one in Pittston.
The East Stroudsburg Chapter meets on the third Saturday of each month from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Saint Matthew Parish, 78 Ridgeway Street, East Stroudsburg. For additional information, contact Eileen at (570) 977-8796 or Gerry at (570) 424-2879.
The Pittston community, named ‘Our Lady of the Mountains Lay Carmelite Community,’ meets on the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Oblates of Saint Joseph Seminary, 1880 Highway 315, Pittston.
For additional i n f o r m a t i o n, contact Linda at (570) 862-2940 or Chris at (570)
239-8094.
L a y C a r m e l i t e s are lay people who share in the mission of the Carmelite Order. The call to Carmel is a call to seek God’s will in the ordinary circumstances of everyday life. This roots a Lay Carmelite in a love of those with whom they live and work.