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26 March 2025

Central Africa: 10th Meeting of the Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar

The annual meeting of Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar was held at Bangui from the 20th to the 24th January. For the first time, our meeting took place at the delegation of Central Africa, now blessed ...

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23 March 2025

Portugal : 20th anniversary of the death of Sister Lucie

On 13th February, 2005, Sister Lucie of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died at the Carmel of Saint Teresa at Coimbra. She was 97 years old, having spent 57 of them at the Carmel, during her long pilgrimage on this earth. ...

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14 March 2025

Italy: Meeting of European formators

From the 27th to the 31st January 2025, 38 directors met at Bocca di Magra, at the spiritual centre of the Ligurian Province.  They came from 18 different European circumscriptions. : Austria, Italy, Malta, France, Spain, P...

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7 March 2025

Italy: Father Saverio Cannistra named Archbishop Metropolitan of Pisa

  On Friday, 6th February, the Holy Father named as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa Father Saverio Cannistra, OCD, former Prepositor General of Discalced Carmelites, and currently Vicar of the parish of Saint Pancras in Rome...

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27 February 2025

Germany : Closure of the Jubilee Year

On Saturday 14th December 2024, we closed out our double centenary of the convent and church of Sainte-Thérèse of Munich, with a solemn pontifical Mass presided over by our dear brother, Cardinal Anders Arborelius OCD, Bishop of Stock...

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18 February 2025

Senegal : 20 years of presence in Keur Mariama

With their celebration of St. John of the Cross, the Discalced Carmelites of Senegal gave thanks with their close friends for the 20 years since the creation of the site of Keur Mariama near Kaolack.  The brothers arrived in Senegal in 2002, but...

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7 February 2025

Burkina Faso : Gift of provisions to the internally displaced persons of Pabré

At the start of this New Year and in the wake of Christmas, the Community of Discalced Carmelites of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso gave joy to the internally displaced persons of Pabré by sharing some provisions.  This gift of provisions took plac...

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12 December 2024

Chile : VIIIth Meeting of CICLA-South, Brothers and Nuns

From 20th to 25th October, there was held the VIIIth Meeting of the CICLA-South, Brothers and Nuns.  Participating were the Presidents, Delegates and Assistants of Federations and Associations, as well as the Prov...

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8 December 2024

Rome: Collegio internazionale San Giovanni della Croce

The Collegio internazionale has begun a new academic year. At the moment, there are 20 students from different circumscriptions of our Order: 2 students from Sri Lanka, 2 from Malawi, 3 from Madagascar, 2 from Nigeria, 1 from Indonesia, 1...

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28 November 2024

Karnataka-Goa Province: Carmel Fest 2024

From October 3rd to 6th, Carmel Fest 2024, a triennial event, brought together Carmelite students for four days of spiritual, athletic, and communal activities at Carmel Home and Mount Carmel School, Belur. The theme, “...

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24 November 2024

MEXICO: Meeting of OCD Religious in Formation

From the 13 to 16 September 2024, our CESP Centre of Spirituality in Guadalajara hosted the first of the two annual meetings of our OCD Religious in initial formation. The Discalced Carmelite Aspirants, Postulants, Philosophers and Theologi...

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20 November 2024

Second Noviciate of the French-speaking African Conference

From 2 July until 28 September 2024, the second Noviciate of the French-speaking Conference took place in the Commissariat of Madagascar.  Friars coming from Nigeria, Madagascar, the Congo and Central African Republic were in attendance. T...

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12 November 2024

Meeting of the Discalced Carmelite Major Superiors of the East Asia Oceania (EAO)

The meeting of the Major Superiors of the EAO region took place at the Mount Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, Australia, from the 27th to the 29th of August 2024. This meeting gathered the Major Superiors and Councilors of ...

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8 November 2024

Austria: Jubilee celebration in Linz

On Sunday 15 September, we had a joyful celebration of a Pontifical Mass with Mons. Manfred Scheuer in the Carmelite Church of Linz, as a conclusion of the Jubilee years of Teresian Carmel’s presence in Austria.  Numerous Brethren from Austria ...

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4 November 2024

Korea: 50th Anniversary of the arrival of Carmelites

On Saturday, 5 October 2024, a special Mass was celebrated in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Friars of the Discalced Carmelite Order in Korea. Under the slogan “A Mysterious Journey, 50 years of blessings, still b...

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