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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...
Togo: Establishment of an OCD community in Lomé
After spending two years living in a rented house close to the St Teresa of Avila parish in the Kognito district, we recently relocated to the small convent that was constructed on three hectares of land owned by the Order in the Apessito district...
The Philippines: Fraternal Visit and 9th OCDS National Congress
The OCDS in the Philippines has 44 communities divided in five regions: Visayas, Mindanao, North Luzon, South Luzon A and South Luzon B. Previous to the 9th OCDS National Congress that took place in Tagaytay from the 4th to t...
India: Centenary Celebration of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus at Sacred Heart Monastery
The Cloistered Carmel Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery, Kankanady, joyfully celebrated the Centenary of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus from September 28 to October 1, 2025. The celebration featured a special exhibition on the life of St. Thér...
Jubilee Song: One Voice, One Community
The Seminarium Missionum, the OCD specialisation community in Rome, has been designated by the General Definitory for the ongoing formation of Carmelite religious from all over the world, at licentiate and doctorate level. As part ...
