News Friars Archivi - DISCALCED CARMELITES
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Collegio internazionale San Giovanni della Croce
The historic and holy convent of Eremo di MonteVirginio, built in 1668, has been blessed to house our seven friars from five nationalities – Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Madagascar – from the OCD International College a...
India: Bible Symposium in Goa
The Karnataka-Goa Province, in collaboration with the Diocesan Centre for Biblical Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, organised a Bible Symposium at the Divine Springs Retreat Centre, Xellim-Loliem, from August 27 to 29. The sy...
USA: Carmelite Young Adult Day 2025
On Saturday, August 9, 2025, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower and the Discalced Carmelite family in San Antonio, Texas (USA) welcomed young adults from around Texas to Carmelite Young Adult Day. This annual event i...
El Salvador: International Symposium ‘Trust Leads to Love’
From 18 to 22 August 2025, the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Retreat Centre in Vía del Mar, El Salvador, hosted the International Symposium ‘Trust Leads to Love’. Over 100 people from Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Sal...
