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. Their missionary activity concentrated on assisting local […]
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. Elias. With the assistance of some ONG and agents of […]
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 to Iraq. But, above all, it was […]
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 Shrine dedicated to St. Joseph. In his Decree, the Archbishop […]
The meeting of the assembly of the Conference of the Major Superiors of the african francophone zone took place in Abidjan from 24 to 29 January 2021. The following were present: Fr Daniel Ehigie (Definitor), Fr Jerome Paluku (Secretary for the Missionary Cooperation Office), Fr Albert Tampwo (Commissario of Congo), […]
Fr. Marco Chiesa, from the Province of Genoa, has been designated as new Postulator General. He replaces Fr. Romano Gambalunga, whom we warmly thank for his years of dedication to the General Curia. Fr. Marco was born in 1976 in Crema (Italy). He made his first vows in 1996 and […]
After almost six years, Fr Emilio José Martínez has left the secretariat for information and internet at the General Curia. He will be replaced by Fr José Pereira, ocd, from the Province of Avignon-Aquitaine. We are thankful to Fr Emilio for his years of service. We welcome Fr José Pereira, […]
Recently, on February 21st , the first Sunday of Lent, the blessing and reopening of the monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns in Vijayawada took place, after completion of the restructuring work, undertaken with help from the OCD General Curia. As well, a spirituality symposium, at which presided the Archbishop of […]
The Teresian School of Spiritual Promotion (ESTEPRE) is a formation program of the Discalced Carmelite friars of the Province of Central America. The School has been operating for more than 20 years and is specifically designed for formation in the field of Christian mysticism and spirituality. As we can read […]
The Discalced Carmelite Missionaries from the Anglo-Irish Province who brought the Carmelite Ordre to Nigeria, as soon as they arrived in the Country embarked on a prison apostolate in the Diocese of Enugu whose Bishop had invaded them. One may ask: how or why did they engage in prison apostolate? […]
As we informed you some time ago, the Saint Teresa of Jesus Catholic University of Avila, together with the Diocese of Avila, the Discalced Carmelites and the Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Catholic University (Germany), have organized the International Congress “An exceptional Woman. Fifty years since Saint Teresa of Jesus declared a Doctor of […]
On December 11, 2020, the church of our parish in Varapuzha, belonging to the Province of St. Pius X of Manjummel, was declared a Minor Basilica by the Holy See. The news was communicated to our Provincial, Fr. Thomas Marottikaparambil, OCD, on January 28th of this year. A celebration is […]
On February 24, Fr. Francisco Javier Jaramillo died in our monastery in Manrique (Medellin, Colombia). He was a member of our Colombian Province of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Born on the 5th of December 1939, on the same date of 1957 he made his religious profession. After completing […]
Does spirituality need the Church? Ideas, difficulties, and hopes (62nd Spirituality Week, March 14-18, 2021, 16:00 – 18:00) After a year on pause caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Spirituality Week at the Teresianum is coming back. This classic initiative is offered for the first time this year in digital […]
Fr. Patrizio Sciadini, ocd, who was a missionary for many years in Brazil and until recently General Delegate in Egypt, has published a book of great interest in this year dedicated to St Joseph. The title is: ” Caminhando con São José ” [Walking with St Joseph]. As the author […]
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