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Call for help Ukraine
My dear brothers and sisters, We are all united with Ukraine and with our brothers and sisters there. We forward to you this urgent request for help for the needs of the people of Ukraine. At this moment I ask you for generosity...
Message from our Father General
I would like to address the whole Order, friars, nuns and members of the OCDS, in this dramatic and terrible moment: in union with the call and anguished supplication of Pope Francis to all the People of God, I would like to ask you most ardently,...
Fiftieth anniversary of Carmel in Central Africa
On December 16, 1971, Fathers Nicolò Ellena, Marco Conte, Agostino Mazzocchi and Carlo Cencio arrived in Bozoum, in the parish of San Michele, to help the Capuchin friars and then succeed them. Among the Capuchins at that time was Fr. Armando Gia...
News from the Secular Order in Iceland
On December 11, 2021, six members in formation in the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order in Hafnarfjörður made their temporary Promises in the OCDS, during a celebration in the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Hafnarfjörður. Presidi...
Two young Friars die in a road accident.
On January the 4th this year, our fellow friars, Masin Digal and Liudas Parichha, from Delhi Province, died tragically in a car accident. They were visiting their families after a long separation due to the pandemic. On January the 4th,...
Father General’s Visit to Poland
The year 2021 was a Jubilee Year for the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Child Jesus. Exactly 100 years ago, on December 31, the Religious Institute was born, founded by the Servant of God Fr. Anzelm Gądek OCD and the Servant of God,...
FR. ROMULO CUARTAS LONDONO, OCD, DIES AGED 73
Fr. Romulo Cuartas Londono (1948-2021) was originally from Colombia. He entered the Discalced Carmelite Order on 2nd February 1969 and was ordained a priest July 3rd 1977. In that same year he got a Licence in Pastoral Th...
75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE PARISH OF ST. DOMINIC De GUZMAN IN SANTA CRUZ, TENERIFE (SPAIN)
Carmelites of the Iberian Province celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Parish of St. Dominic Guzman in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (the Canary Islands), on Sunday 21 November. Monsignor Bernardo Alvarez Alfonso presided ...
A SPACE FOR PRAYER INAUGURATED IN BENONI (SOUTH AFRICA)
Carmelite friars from the Karnataka-Goa Province have constructed a Prayer Garden in the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Benoni, South Africa. The garden was blessed by Archbishop Buti Thagale of Johannesburg on the 21st of Nove...
MONSIGNOR CESAR ESSAYAN, LATIN APOSTOLIC VICAR IN LEBANON MEETS LEBANESE DISCALCED CARMELITE FRIARS FOR THE SYNOD
Saturday 20 November 2021 May this Synod be lived in the Spirit! We are forever needful of God’s renewing breath that frees us from all shutdowns, restores life to what was dead, tears apart chains and dispenses joy. It leads us tow...
NEWS FROM BELORUSSIA
The friars of our Belorussian Vicariate spent the 20 November, the feast day of St. Raphael Kalinowski, on a Spiritual Retreat at Miadziel. Monsignor Aleh Butkevich, President of the Belorussian Episcopal Conference and Bishop of the Diocese of ...
Father General’s sermon for the commemoration of Blessed Francis Palau (07/11/2021)
Dearest Sisters, I am happy to be here with you and with my confreres: this is my home, our home. We are walking along the path of communion in Carmel, in the ardent footsteps of Francis Palau and many others who have spent their lives in the serv...
Diamond Jubilee of Father Pedro de San José (Rafael Zubieta)
On October 21, Father Pedro de San José (Rafael Zubieta) celebrated his 75th anniversary of religious profession. It was on October 21, 1946, in the monastery of Larrea (Spain), that the young Pedro consecrated himself to the Lord, with the desir...
News from our brothers Rev. George Desmond Tambala and Rev. Peter Chung Soon-taek
MALAWI: On 15 October, Pope Francis has transferred Rev. George Desmond Tambala, OCD, to the country’s Lilongwe Archdiocese where he will serve as Archbishop. The Malawian Archdiocese has been vacant since December 14...
