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Welcome & Congratulations! 

Rev. Charleen Heisler Smith, O.SS.T.S.

Reverend Charleen Heisler Smith Becomes Associate Member of O.SS.T. and is Ordained a Christian Minister. On February 3, 2018, Rev. Charleen Heisler Smith, O.SS.T.S. was welcomed into the O.SS.T. Family by the Most Rev. Dr. Robert F. Jangro, Presiding Archbishop-Abbot of the Order of the Most Holy Mary Theotokos and ordained a Christian Minister. Dom Robert was joined by Rev. Wallace McAbee, Rev. Kimberly Holeman, and numerous other clergy members in a beautiful ecumenical ordination ceremony. Rev. Charleen came to know Christ Jesus as Savior at the age of 12, and was baptized at Lockhart Baptist Church, Lockhart, AL. She accepted God's call to ministry while in college. Since then, God has given her the opportunity to work with preschoolers, children, teens, and senior adults in educational, recreational, and crisis settings. After more than 22 years in children's ministry on church staffs in 2015, Christ redirected her calling to serve the sick and dying as a Hospice Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator. She spends time daily in prayer and scripture reading and study. She is committed in sharing the message of salvation through Jesus Christ to all who will listen. Rev. Charleen resides in Senoia, GA. along with her husband Gary, daughter Tiffany, and son Will. Welcome to the O.SS.T. Family Charleen and congratulations on your recent ordination. We are glad to have you with us.     

                                

Congratulations!

Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Patrick Schooler, O.C. Carm., O.SS.T.S.



O.SS.T. Establishes New Non-Geographical Province. The Most Rev. Dr. Robert F. Jangro, Presiding Archbishop-Abbot of the Order of the Most Holy Mary Theotokos has approved the establisment of a new non-geographical province or priory effective October 7, 2017, Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Patrick Schooler, O.C. Carm., O.SS.T.S. has been appointed as the Conventional Prior (Provincial) of the Non-Geographical Province or "Priory" ("Order within an Order") of the Order of Celtic Carmelites. As the Conventional Prior (Latin: prior conventualis), also referred to as the Provincial, Msgr. Joe is commissioned to hold authority over his respective Province or "Priory" (also referred to as a "priory without walls"). One of his principal duties as the Provincial is to act as a mentor to all members in his Province/Priory. Non-geographical Provinces of this Community remain autonomous and independent, yet as an “Order within an Order” under Ecclesiastical Oversight and Episcopal Protection of the Archbishop-Abbot. We rejoice in the continued growth of our faith-filled family.



O.SS.T. Establishes the Archbishop / Abbot's Advisory Council and the Vocations/Formation Committee.The following O.SS.T. members have been appointed to the Archbishop / Abbot's Advisory Council and the Vocations/Formation Committee: Bishop Prior Raymond G. Bush, O.SS.T., Pastor Nicole A.M. Collins, O.SS.T., Father Russell D. Lee, O.SS.T., Bishop David D. Pascua, O.SS.T., Monsignor Prior Joseph P. Schooler, O.C. Carm., O.SS.T.S., Father Raffaele Michael, O.SS.T., and Father Harold (Hal) E. West, O.SS.T. Congraulations to All!

 The Old Catholic Marianists have been dedicated to Our Lady from the very beginning of our Order. She is our life, our sweetness, and our hope.

 She is bride, she is Mother, she is Queen, and none of these has passed from the present into mere memory.