The Carmelite Community at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock Parish

	Fr Matt Blake, OCD is Prior of the Community as well as Parish Priest. He is a native of Co. Cork, Ireland. He has served in the Boars Hill, Oxford and Preston communities before coming to Kensington in 2005. Email: Fr Matt Blake, OCD
	Fr Iain Mathew, OCD is Sub-Prior of the Community. He was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He has also served in Boars Hill, Gerrards Cross, Dublin, and Caracas, Venezuela  before returning to Kensington in 2005. He is author of The Impact of God. Fr Iain is also chaplain to the London School of Economics. Email: Fr Iain Matthew, OCD
	Fr Oliver McGettigan, OCD is a native of Co. Donegal, Ireland. He has served in St Teresa's, Dublin; The Abbey, Loughrea; St Luke's, Wincanton, Gerrards Cross and Kensington. He was formerly Prior and Parish Priest at Kensington.
	Fr Fabian McCormack, OCD is a native of Co. Clare, Ireland. He has served in many of our communities: Carmelite Generalate, Rome; St Teresa's, St Joseph's, Marlborough Rd, Dublin and Mount Carmel, Glasgow
	Fr Michael McGoldrick, OCD is a native of Co. Offaly, Ireland. He has served in Avila, Dublin for much of his priestly ministry. He also served in Iona, Derry and the Abbey, Loughrea. He joined the Kensington community in 2007. He is Provincial Delegate for England. Email: Fr Michael McGoldrick, OCD Fr Michael is temporarily living at Boars Hill, Oxford
	Fr John Williamson, OCD is a native of Grimsby. He served in the Metropolitan Police before becoming a Carmelite. He has served in Carmelite communities in Australia, Nigeria, Malawi, Singapore, U.S.A. as well as in Britain. Fr John is Chaplain to University Hospital, London Email: Fr John Williamson, OCD
	Fr Silvester Itodo is a member of the Nigerian Discalced Carmelite Vicariate.  In recent years he has been responsible for the formation of Carmelite students in Nigeria. He is studyinb at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation.
	Fr Lazarus Savariappan, OCD is a member of our Indian Tamil Nadu Province. Before coming to Kensington he was Student Master in India. He is studying for an MA in Media and Communications at LSE.
	Fr Arul Raja Francis, OCD is also a member of our Indian Tamil Nadu Province. He worked in a parish in India before joining the Kensington community. Fr Aurl is studying counselling at Regents College.

The Carmelite Community at Kensington is part of the English Region of Discalced Carmelites. We also have communties at Boars Hill (Oxford), Gerrards Cross and Preston. If you would like to find out more about the Carmelite Order, its history and spirituality please visit the English Carmelite website: www.carmelite.org.uk

For more information about Carmelite feast days please go to www.ocd.ie

If you would like to find out more about the Carmelite way of life or would like to join the Order please contact our Vocation Director, Fr Iain Matthew, OCD at Kensington.