Carmel Clarion: Overview & Index History

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Carmel Clarion Index compiled by Elizabeth Pantas, OCDS (1943 - 2017) Photo of Elizabeth Pantas, OCDS from March 2013, used with permission from her husband, Lee James Pantas.

Carmel Clarion Index compiled by Elizabeth Pantas, OCDS (1943 - 2017)
Photo of Elizabeth Pantas, OCDS from March 2013, used with permission from her husband, Lee James Pantas.

History of the Carmel Clarion Index

The Subject Index for the Carmel Clarion grew out of a request to OCDS communities from Fr. Regis Jordan, OCD (at that time, the Provincial Delegate), for formation materials that might be of service to the Washington Province OCDS. Elizabeth Pantas, OCDS, submitted a rudimentary, handwritten subject index that the former Flower of Carmel Community (Arden, NC) used to access the Clarion articles for research and enrichment purposes. The question posed itself as to how to make this subject index available to others.

With the help of Loretta Potts, OCDS (a librarian with knowledge of how to set up an index), Elizabeth, in collaboration with fellow OCDS Mary Ann Poli and Mary Rose Pearl, officially started the index as an apostolate of the Flower of Carmel Community with Fr. Regis’ permission. Elizabeth’s husband, Lee, designed and maintained a website, flowerofcarmel.org (no longer on the Web), that hosted the index for many years. He is very happy that his wife’s legacy will live on as part of the OCDS Provincial website and be of service to her fellow Secular Carmelites well into the future.

Susan Parker guided a member of her New York City OCDS community (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Teresa of Jesus) to complete indexing of the final Clarion years, 2018 - 2020. The cataloging was done by Edward Donnelly. Although Ed has a background in publishing, his efforts were a work of love and we cannot express our gratitude for all of his assistance. Click here for 2018 - 2020

How blessed are we Carmelites to benefit from the generous time and talent of our fellow OCDS … and Elizabeth’s husband, Lee!

About the Carmel Clarion

The Carmel Clarion was a Catholic newsletter published by the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order, Washington Province. This index does not include editorials, community news, book reviews, calendars, or Congress information. 

The title of the newsletter has changed over the years as follows:
TB =The Discalced Carmelite Tertiary Bulletin, Peterborough NH 1976-1980, Vol. XVIII, #4 & 5.
DCSB =Discalced Carmelite Secular Bulletin, 1980, Vol. XVIII, #4 & 5.
OCDS = Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Bulletin 1981-1984, Vol. XXII, #2.
Carmel Clarion = Began 1984, Vol. 1 & thru present editions.