The British Province of Carmelite Friars

This is the longest standing house of the province being founded in 1926 when brothers from Ireland arrived to re-establish the Carmelite presence in Britain with the hope of re-founding the Province of the Assumption which had disappeared at the Reformation. The Order accepted Faversham even though there was not enough income to feed the community because it was close to Aylesford Priory.

Today there is a thriving, lively parish dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel next to which is the Shrine of Saint Jude, Apostle and Martyr which is also served by the Carmelite community. A part of the shrine ministry is a newsletter which reaches some 19,000 people four times a year.

As well as serving the parish and shrine the community are involved in school chaplaincy, media and writing.

The parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has its own website as does the Shrine of Saint Jude. Also based in Faversham is the distribution centre for Saint Albert's Press which is the newly re-established publishing house of the British Province of Carmelites.

Carmelite Vocations

Aylesford Priory

Shrine of Saint Jude

Lay Carmel