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CAUTION, CAUTION, CAUTION! Cybercriminals: don’t be a victim!
In recently, cybercriminals have contacted many of our brothers and sisters. Introducing themselves as Father Luis Arostogui Gamboa, they contact their victims to offer them financial assistance for various reasons (depending on the case). They us...
Reminiscences of Fr. Jerónimo Gracián
An article in the Spanish Biographical Dictionary (of the Spanish Royal Academy of History) reminds us that Fr. Jerónimo Gracián’s 475th birth anniversary (b. June 6, 1545) was celebrated this past June. The article, written by Fr. Jo...
New Deacons
The convent of The Saint (the family home of St. Teresa of Jesus) in Avila, Spain, was the location of the ordination to the diaconate of Avila’s native son, Luís Carlos Muñoz on Saturday, June 27. The same day in Lebanon, our brothers ...
Living Flame of Love Congress in the CITeS
Living Flame of Love, the title of one of the most well-known works of St. John of the Cross, is also the name of the International Congress of the International Center of Teresian San Juanista (CITeS), University of the Mystic, organized...
Message of John Paul II to the Carmelite family (2001)
Therefore two truths are evoked by the sign of the Scapular: on the one hand, the constant protection of the Blessed Virgin, not only on life’s journey, but also at the moment of passing into the fullness of eternal glory; on the other, th...
BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Les Combes (Aosta Valley) Sunday, 16 July 2006
Through a happy coincidence, this Sunday falls on 16 July, the day when the liturgy commemorates Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The slopes of Carmel, a high ridge that runs down the east...
José Gómez Menor Dies
On June 16, the Toledan historian and priest, Don José Gómez-Minor, died at the age of 91. Author of numerous works on the lineage of Saint John of the Cross in Toledo, Gómez-Menor devoted much of his work as a historian to the study of ...
Mancera, 450th Anniversary
The Iberian Province in Spain informs us of the 450th Anniversary celebration of the foundation of the friary of Mancera, Salamanca. On a June 11th Feast of St. Barnabas, friars Juan de la Cruz and Antonio de Jesus of the then co...
Our Order in Tanzania
We have received good news from the Vicarate of Tanzania: on July 7 and August 6, deacons Peter Carol Chami and Simon Rupoli will be ordained to the priesthood. On July 20, our brothers Hezron Michael Lucas, Cedrich Melkiory, Laurent Joseph, and D...
A stamp dedicated to St. Teresa of the Andes
The Vatican Post Office is returning slowly to normal activity following the unavoidable hiatus caused by the COVID-19 crisis. So, next June 23, new stamp series will debut, among which is expected a stamp of St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes. The ...
Fr. Jean-Raoul Kiyangi, Congolese Carmelite, Province of Germany
On June 2 during its triennial Chapter, the German Province of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross elected their new Provincial, Fr. Jean-Raoul Kiyangi who was professed in the General Comisariat of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fr. Je...
Priestly Ordination in Lithuania
Our brother Jonas Vidas Labanauskas received his priestly ordination on May 30, 2020, from the hands of Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis. Father Vidas’ Carmelite and theological formation was mostly undertaken in Spain. He has a licentiate in Th...
Definitory Meeting
On June 1, the General Definitory began its quarterly meeting. A hallmark of this meeting is the confinement of the Superior General and Definitors in the General House in Rome since the last meeting in March. Logically, there have been no visits ...
Listening and accompanying
The pandemic crisis generated by COVID-19, with the consequent confinement of millions of people on five continents, has also affected the daily service that Discalced Carmelite friars and nuns offer to so many people, in the face of the impossibi...
