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Chile: Carmelite Family Encounter 2025
The Carmelite Family Encounter gathered more than 200 participants at the Carmelite school of El Melón. The day started with the prayer of Lauds and the exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, followed by the words of welcome of the general coo...
Brazil: ‘Elijah and Elisha Project’ formation meeting
From 24 to 28 November 2025, in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, we, the friars of the Southern Cone, gathered together for a formation meeting entitled ‘Elijah and Elisha Project’. The purpose of this project is to offer accompaniment...
OCD Students Meet with OCDS Members of Central Italy
On Saturday, December 13 took place the Advent retreat of the five Roman OCDS communities at the Basilica of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Anzio in an environment of joy and deep communion. Joining them were the OCDS Provincial Delegate, Fr....
Rome: The Teresianum Inaugurates an Academic Chair dedicated to St. Thérèse
On November 19, 2025 at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of the Teresianum in Rome it was inaugurated an academic chair dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. The objective is to strengthen and promote the doctrinal and intellectual contribution...
OCDS World Encounter
The OCDS World Encounter will take place in Avila, Spain from July 23rd to the 26th of 2026. Almost 1,000 people from all over the world will be participating. The theme is: “Witnesses of the Experience of God: Identity and Mission”. The objec...
Spain: Opening of the Jubilee Year of St. John of the Cross
On December 13 in Segovia, by the tomb of St. John of the Cross took place the solemn celebration of the Eucharist and opening of the Holy Door, visible signs of the official beginning of St. John of the Cross Centenaries. The celebration...
Lebanon: The Pope Visits the Discalced Carmelite Nuns
The night of his arrival to the Land of Cedars on Sunday, November 30 and after meeting with the official authorities, Pope Leo XIV went to the Monastery of the Theotokos and the Unity of Harissa. There he received a typical gift of Carmelite spir...
Burundi: Tereza Mwiza Festival 2024
4 October 2025 marked the anniversary of the Teresa Mwiza Festival, organized annually by the Carmelite Brothers in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Bujumbura. Twelve choirs took part in the final stage of the celebrations. Each had ...
UK: a symposium on Christian Human Development
The On-going Formation Committee of the Anglo-Irish Province organized a symposium on Christian human development. The event took place from 13th – 17th October. The setting was our Carmelite Priory in the Northern Irel...
USA: the Relics of St. Therese visit a Carmelite Monastery on its 100th anniversary
The Relics of St. Therese visited the Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Grace and St. Therese in Carmel, California, on the 100th anniversary of our foundation. We began our Centenary Anniversary with a Holy Year of Thanksgiving. Our B...
Ecuador: 7th National Meeting of the Secular Carmelite Order
The city of Cuenca welcomed the Secular Carmelite Order of Ecuador with open arms from 1 to 3 November for our National Meeting. It was with immense joy that we hosted the 14 OCDS communities of Ecuador and more than 120 brothers and sisters. ...
Ivory Coast: Opening of the double jubilee in Abidjan
On Sunday, 19 October 2025, a solemn Mass was held in Abidjan to mark the opening of the silver jubilee of the presence of the Discalced Carmelite Friars in Ivory Coast and the creation of the parish of Saint Louis de Gonzague. In ...
Plenary indulgence for the jubilee year of Saint John of the Cross.
On 6 October 2025, the Apostolic Penitentiary published a decree granting a plenary indulgence on the occasion of the sanjuanist Centenaries, which will be celebrated from 14 December 2025 to 27 December 2026, during which the third centenary of t...
2nd Carmelitarum Choral Festival 2025 – “In the Heart of the Church, I Shall Be Love”
The 2nd Carmelitarum Choral Festival 2025 was held from October 3 to 5, 2025, at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, Lembang – West Java, Indonesia, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the can...
Thailand: 25th anniversary of the Monastery of Nakhon Sawan
On September 27, 2025, the Carmelite Nuns celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding, with a cardinal, bishops, priests, religious and large number of faithful. A brief history of the monastery: in 1999, Most Rev. Louis Cham...
