1988 

In the spring, two professed members of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at the request of the Council of the Corpus Christi Lay Carmelite Community of Newport, RI held an informal gathering at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence to see if there was interest in beginning a Lay Carmelite Community there. With the permission of Fr. Alphonsus Sieracki, O. Carm., Delegate to the Lay Carmelite Communities of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Province, the group began meeting as a Lay Carmelite Community in Formation in the St. Anne's Room at the Cathedral. After prayerful consideration, the group chose the name Holy Eucharist Lay Carmelite Community.

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 2000 

The community found it practical to relocate the meeting place to a more favorable central location.  St. Timothy's Parish School became the new site.

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 2003 

Upon the closure of St. Timothy's School, our meeting place was relocated to St. Kevin's church hall.

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 2004 
For geographical reasons, the council found it in our best interest to petition a request for change in Province from Pure Heart of Mary (Darien, IL) to Saint Elias Province (Middletown, NY).

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 2006 

Our Community's Charter was finally approved for transferal from the jurisdiction of the Pure Heart of Mary Province to the Saint Elias Province of NY.

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 2007 

Fr. Barry Meehan had the parish auto garage remodeled into a community hall and seasonal chapel. Upon its completion, it was appropriately blessed as the Monsignor Carlin Center. Through the amity of Fr. Barry, the center became our newly established meeting place.

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A newly enacted Provincial edict stated that elections from now on would be for three year terms instead of two.

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 2016 

On July 16, our community traveled to Saint Elias Province in Middletown, NY via chartered bus. We spent a splendid day of liturgy and prayer honoring Our Lady of Mount Carmel's feast day with hundreds of people including Carmelites, Lay Carmelites and the public. This was truly a day to remember!

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 Present 

Our Community continues to grow.  We currently have 16 members, of which 11 are fully professed.