the world in various communities, with each community canonically erected, and subject to the direction of the provincial superiors of each province and the General Superior of the Discalced Carmelite Order in Rome. The Order has many members in the Philippines, which it attributes to the great devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in that nation. References Sources The Rule of St. Albert and the Constitutions of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCDS), 2003. Bibliography "The Rule of Life", The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, 1979. Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, by P. Aloysius Deeney, OCD, ICS Publications, 2009, . Otilio Rodriguez, OCD, Appendix I: The Third Order of the Teresian Carmel; Its Origin and History, in Michael D. Griffin, OCD, Commentary on the Rule of Life (superseded) (The Growth in Carmel Series; Hubertus, Wisconsin: Teresian Charism Press, 1981), pages 127–36. External links The Rule of St. Albert and the Constitution of the OCDS Discalced Carmelite Order (including the OCDS) USA National Council of the OCDS Washington Province of the OCDS (Eastern USA) California-Arizona Province of the OCDS (Western USA) OCDS Subic, Zambales, Philippines. Meditations from Carmel Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites in San Diego, California, USA Our Lady of Confidence and St. Joseph Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, Savannah, Georgia, USA A commentary on the traditional rule of the Discalced Carmelite Third Order.