Fr. Carmen Mele, O.P.

Fr. Carmen Mele, O.P., (Padre Carmelo) is a bilingual Dominican friar of the Province of St. Martin de Porres. He is a preacher who has recently finished a tenure of nine years as director of the lay ministry formation program for the Diocese of Fort Worth. Forty years ordained, he has served
as a parish priest, a missionary, a diocesan promoter of Peace and Justice, a catechist, and an adjunct professor.

Fr. Carmen maintains two homiletic blogs:

• Today's Homilette which features weekday homilies
• Homilías Dominicales which features Sunday homilies in Spanish

He resides in Memphis, Tennessee, where he Rector of the St. Martin de Porres National Shrine and Institute. Besides preaching, Fr. Carmen enjoys studying, bicycling, swimming, running, and entertaining.