Our community has now grown. Yesterday, Javier Gonzalez arrived with Fr. Luis Joaquin, our director of vocations. Luis will act as Javier's novice master until Fr. Raphael returns from vacation in Minnesota. Also arriving yesterday was Br. Luis Benedicto [photo left] who has just returned from his studies for the priesthood in Rome. Our Father Provincial is due to arrive tomorrow. We expect to clothe Javier in the Carmelite habit on Saturday, so I'll take pictures and post something for the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. We appreciate all prayers for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.