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400 years of the presence of Carmel in Iraq
It has been 400 years since the Discalced Carmelites first arrived in these lands of Iraq. It was in Basra, southern Iraq, not far from the Persian Gulf. Though today the Mission is under the responsibility of the Paris Province, the founder was P...
Central African Republic: Fr. Norberto OCD’s car blown up by a mine
Father Norberto Pozzi, 71, comes from the Ligurian Province. In 1980, he left for the Central African Republic, where he worked as a bricklayer-surveyor for 8 years in the Bozoum mission. After returning to Italy he became a Carmelite priest and i...
Lebanon: Interreligious Meeting
The Discalced Carmelites of Tripoli and the Monastery of St. Francis, the Pro Terra Sancta Association, the Religion and Security Council, the Life and Reconciliation Association, the Adyan Foundation, the Network of Religious Leaders of Tripoli a...
Meeting of the Formators of Europe and the Middle East
From the 31st of January to the 2nd of February, more than thirty Formators met to discuss the revision of the Ratio Institutionis. They addressed issues related to the different phases of training and the elements t...
Meeting of the Conferences of the Superiors of French- and English-speaking Africa and Madagascar
From the 21st to the 30th of January 2023, the first joint meeting of the Conferences of OCD Superiors of French- and English-speaking Africa and Madagascar was held in Yaoundé. These conferences are an important element in ...
EGYPT: CANONICAL VISIT
From the 6th to the 16th of February, we had the joy of having Fr General ─ Fr. Miguel in our midst, as well as the Definitor for the Middle East, Father Christophe-Marie. On February the 12th, we opened t...
Italy: death of Brother Serafino, OCD
On Sunday, January 15, he was born to heaven at the age of 90. Born in Gioia del Colle, Puglia, on September 2nd, 1932, Serafino Melchiorre, attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. He was professed in Carmel on 3rd of Ju...
News from the Central African Republic
The Carmelite family in the Central African Republic is growing. On Friday, January 6, three young confreres (Br. Aimé, Br. Alfred and Br. Wilfrid) made their solemn profession in the hands of the Provincial, Father Saverio. The ceremony was very...
FEBRUARY 24, 2023, PRAYER IN ALL THE TERESIAN CARMEL, TO ASK FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE.
TO ALL THE TERESIAN CARMEL: DISCALCED CARMELITES, SECULAR CARMELITES, CARMELITE FAMILY…. “Give us Peace in Ukraine, Lord”. Tomorrow, Febru...
News from the Friars in Madagascar
In November, last year, the treasurers of the monasteries of our nuns together with the prioresses had the joy of following a time of formation, as well as the election of the President of the Association of Monasteries of the Discalced Carmelite ...
Anniversaries related to Saint Therese of Lisieux
During this six-year period (2021-2027) we shall celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thérèse of the Child Jesus (2023) and the first centenary of her canonization (2025). The 2021 General Chapter decided to propose to the Order a cyc...
Karnataka-Goa (India): Carmelite theology students celebrate « Carmel Day»
On December 11, Carmelite theologians celebrated «Carmel Day». This is the day of the friars, in which they stage their talents. The stage becomes a witness to how alive and enthusiastic these young people are in using the gifts God has given th...
Spain: Father José Vicente Rodríguez, ocd, has died
On November 23, Fr. José Vicente Rodríguez died in Burgos. He was 96 years old and 80 years of profession in Carmel. His funeral took place on November 24, formerly the feast of St. John of the Cross. Father José Vicente of the Eucharist...
Poland: the relics of St. Raphael Kalinowski exhibited in the Shrine of Divine Providence
On November 11, 2022, Independence Day, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz presided at the Mass at the Shrine of Divine Providence, concelebrated by Archbishop Field Wiesław Lechowicz and Archbishop Grzegorz Kaszak, by the two OCD Provincials of Poland, b...
Tanzania: The Vicariate of Tanzania Inaugurated their Year of Ruby Jubilee
A great milestone in the history of the Discalced Carmelite Vicariate of Tanzania was unveiled on 6th of November 2022. It was the inauguration of the Ruby Jubilee (40 years) of Carmelite presence in Tanzania. Fr. Praveen Frank, the Reg...
