News Friars Archivi - DISCALCED CARMELITES
Inauguration of the Memorial to Father Jacques de Jésus
On the 2nd of June, 2021, the Memorial to Fr Jacques was inaugurated in the Avon monastery (Paris, France). The day began with Mass, at which presided Monsignor Nahmias, Bishop of Meaux. Also present were our Father General and Monsigno...
A Theatrical visit to Gotarrendura
The residence of the Ahumada family in Gotarrendura (Avila, Spain) was one of the favorite places of entertainment for the 16th-century nobility. It was the dowry of Beatriz de Ahumada, Teresa’s mother, which Alonso de Cepeda, her father, co...
Meeting at the Kinshasa Teresianum Center (RDC─ Democratic Republic of the Congo) of the Federation of Carmelite Nuns of French-speaking Africa.
The meeting of the Federation of Carmelite nuns of French-speaking Africa was held in Kinshasa from May 3 to May 20, 2021. The federation consists of 11 monasteries located in 6 countries (Cameroon, Burundi, R.D.C, Congo Brazza, Ivory Coast, Rwand...
Death of Father Domingo (Angel) Fernandez de Mendiola, OCD, 1924-2021.
Last Saturday, May 15, we received the news of the death of Father Domingo (Angel) Fernandez de Mendiola, OCD, at the age of 96, in the monastery of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). He joined the Carmelite novitiate in Larrea (Spain) in 1939. Doctor of Do...
100th birthday of Father Boniface Honings, OCD.
Our brother was born on May 11, 1921 in Sittard (Netherlands). Today he lives in Rome at the Teresianum. His is a life dedicated to God by means of teaching that should be celebrated: Doctor in Moral Theology, Professor at the Teresianum, at the U...
Interprovincial second noviciate in India
As every year, the Interprovincial Council of India has organised, even at present, a second noviciate of 7 weeks in view of solemn vows. All the brothers preparing for solemn profession this year have come from all over India to take part: a tota...
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux at UNESCO
On April 16, 2021, the UNESCO Executive Council approved the candidacy of Thérèse of the Child Jesus for the 2022/2023 biennial, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of her birth. It should also be noted, by the way, that 2023 will also be t...
Extracts from the video-message of Pope Francis at the closing of the Congress “Mujer excepcional”
(…) Teresa of Jesus is exceptional, first of all, because she is holy. Her docility to the Spirit united her to Christ and she remained “all afire with the love of God”. She expressed her experience with beautiful words, saying: “Already I...
Avila celebrates the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Saint Teresa of Jesus
From April 12 to 15, Avila welcomed the International Congress “Saint Teresa of Jesus, an Exceptional Woman” on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Teresa of Jesus as a Doctor of the Ch...
Pope Francis appoints two members of the Carmelite family as consultors to the CIVCSVA.
We learned on March 12 that Pope Francis has named Mother Elsa Campa, prioress of the Carmelites of Alba and Villagarcía de Campos (Spain), and president of the Federation of the Discalced Carmelites, as consultor to the Congregation for Inst...
Father Teófanes Egido, OCD, received the Castilla y León Prize in Social and Human Sciences for its 2020 edition.
Father Teófanes was born in Gajates (Spain) in 1936. He dedicated his whole life to History. He was a professor of modern history at the University of Valladolid until 2001 and was the official chronicler of the city of Valladolid (Spain) for 17 ...
CARMELITE FRIARS IN IRAQ
In 2005 there were 4000 members in the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite, or 0.6% of Christians in Iraq. Carmel has had a presence in the country since 1623 in Bassora. Another monastery of the Friars was founded in Baghdad in 1721. Thei...
IRAQ (From Mons. Jean Sleiman OCD)
Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, so ardently longed for by the Holy Father but so frequently postponed, finally took place from March 5-8, 2021. It has been seen unanimously as an historic event. It has certainly been the first visit of a Pope t...
BOUAR, Central African Republic Refugees at the Carmelite Monastery of St. Elias in Bouar
On January 13, 2021, yet another failed coup plunged the population of the Central African Republic into panic. 2,385 persons, the majority of them women and children, fled from the rebel military and sought sanctuary in our Monastery of St. Eli...
The Carmelite Church in Cracow is designated as a Diocesan Shrine dedicated to St. Joseph
On March 19, 2021, the Feast of St. Joseph, the Metropolitan Archbishop, Mons. Mzarek Jedraszewski, presided at Mass in our Church in Cracow. During the celebration, he read the Decree by which he designated the Carmelite Church as a Diocesan Sh...
