News Friars Archivi - DISCALCED CARMELITES
MEXICO: OCD PLENARY ASSEMBLY
The Discalced Carmelite friars of the Province of Mexico gathered on 2 and 3 June in the provincial meeting room at the convent of San Joaquín, in Mexico City, to take part in their 2026 Plenary Assembly. In an atmosphere of fraternity and...
India: Blessing and Inauguration of Lumen Carmeli
On 13 June 2026, the Discalced Carmelites of the Malabar Province inaugurated Lumen Carmeli, a Carmelite Heritage Museum at Carmel Hill Monastery, Trivandrum, Kerala. Blessed and inaugurated by the Most Rev. Dr. Christudas R., Auxiliary B...
Ivory Coast: Double Silver Jubilee
On 21 June 2026, the parish community of Saint Louis de Gonzague in Gonzagueville celebrated a historic event: a double Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years since the erection of the parish of Saint Louis de Gonzague and 25 years of the Discalced Carm...
Belgium: 400th anniversary of the death of Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew
Sunday 7 June, we commemorated the foundress of the Carmel of the Rosier monastery in Antwerp. We did so during a beautiful and profound Eucharistic celebration in Antwerp Cathedral, presided over by Bishop Johan Bonny. In addition to Father Gener...
Germany: 2026 Provincial Week at Birkenwerder
From 20 to 24 April 2026, 14 friars from five priories and nine OCDS members gathered at the Spiritual Centre of Birkenwerder for the annual Provincial Week. The days were filled with liturgical celebrations, moments of silence, spiritual sharing,...
Vietnam: blessing of an new Convent
On April 21, 2026, Fr. Reynaldo V. Sotelo Jr., OCD, Provincial Superior of the Philippine Province, presided over the rite of blessing of the Convent of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face in the Diocese of Xuân Lộc, making it th...
Liturgy of Carmel
Following several unsuccessful attempts to create a liturgical application for our Order, the General Definitory recently decided to base a new application on an existing one that is widely used throughout the world and offers the possibility of i...
Rome: Fr Emilio José Martínez González OCD Appointed President of the Teresianum
Fr Emilio José Martínez OCD has been appointed President of the Teresianum in Rome by a Vatican decree signed on 21st April 2026. A member of the Iberian Province, Fr Emilio was born in Madrid on 19th December 1964. After beginni...
EXPERIENCE OF HOLY WEEK IN UKRAINE – Fr Miguel Márquez Calle OCD, Superior General
During Holy Week and on Easter Sunday, I celebrated and prayed with my brothers and sisters in Ukraine, in communion with the whole Order and with the entire Ukrainian people. On Tuesday 31st March, I met part of the community of the Discalced Car...
Vatican: The Shrine of Arenzano donates a statue of the Infant Jesus to the Governorate
A wooden statue of the Infant Jesus is now present in the Church of Mary, Mother of the Family, in the Governorate building. It was donated by the community of the Discalced Carmelites of the Shrine of Arenzano (Genoa). The enthronement ceremony t...
Proper of Masses OCD
On 16th July 2025, the Dicastery approved the Editio typica altera of the Proprium Missarum OCD. Following its printing and initial distribution, the official Latin text is now available on our website: ...
India: Diploma Day at Carmelite Convent
On March 1, participants of the Bible Course on the Parables of Jesus were awarded diplomas and formally commissioned as Biblical Animators during a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Carmelite Monastery, Margao. The Eucharist was presided over...
Portugal: Jubilee Concert in Honour of St John of the Cross
On the afternoon of Saturday 7 March, the Carmelite church in Viana do Castelo was filled to capacity for a Jubilee Concert celebrating the anniversaries of the canonisation and Doctorate of St John of the Cross. The event began at 5 p.m. a...
Rome: Meeting of the Commission on the Ratio Formationis
The Commission responsible for revising the Ratio Formationis met at the Generalate from 14 to 20 March 2026. This meeting marks the final stage of work that began in March 2022. In the preceding months, the members of the Commissi...
