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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine: a Minor Basilica
Last 14 December 2018, Solemnity of our Holy Father St. John of the Cross, Most Rev. Honesto F. Ongtioco, D. D., Bishop of Cubao, informed Fr. Joey Mabborang, OCD, Rector & Parish Priest of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Quez...
Meeting of the Latin American Association of Carmelites
The 4th conference organized by the Latin American Association of Carmelites (ALACAR) was celebrated in Santo Domingo from November 6th through 11th. The Fathers General of Carmel, Saverio Cannistrà, OCD, and Fernando Millán, O.Carm., were prese...
A Meeting of all the Indian Provincials and other committees met in Goa on november 23-24
November at Goa as part of the preparation for the forthcoming extraordinary Definitory and 4th centenary of Carmelite presence in India. Fr. Definitor presided over the meeting along with Fr. Charles the IPCI president and all other Provincials A...
Two Carmelite congresses in Spain
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the restoration of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Spain, the Spanish Discalced Carmelites are organizing two Congresses which will be celebrated in Avila and in Larrea. The first (Avila) w...
Death of Fr Federico Ruiz
As we have already advised you through our social network, Fr Federico Ruiz, a Discalced Carmelite, died recently on the morning of the 16th of November, after having suffered from Alzheimer’s for some years. Born in Cozuelos d...
News from Central Africa
The Central African Republic is certainly a country that must be rebuilt, or at least, a country to build anew, despite the fact that there are many people who are still set on fueling violence and war. Our brothers of the Carmel of Bangui,...
Meeting of European Provincials in Egypt
The annual meeting of European Provincials took place from the 22nd to the 26th of this past October. The General Delegation of Egypt hosted the meeting this time. The objective of the meeting, besides understanding the actual state of that...
Jubilee Celebrations
Recently, on the 3rd of October, Fr François Marie Lethel, from the Paris Province, celebrated his golden jubilee of profession, accompanied by the friars of the community of the St John of the Cross International college, together with numerous ...
Teresian publication in English: St Teresa of Ávila Her Writings and Life
Edited by Terence O’Reilly, Colin Thompson and Lesley Twomey At a time when women were effectively silenced in church, St Teresa of Ávila (1515-82) represents an extraordinary exception. Early struggles with...
The Teresian Jubilee Year finishes in Avila and Alba de Tormes
There has come to an end the first Teresian jubilee year granted by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to Avila and Alba de Tormes, on the condition that the feast of St Teresa of Jesus be celebrated on Sunday. In Avila, between the novena and ...
OCDS spiritual exercises in the Province of Venice
We share the pleasing news of the spiritual exercises undetaken by members of the Secular Order from the Province of Venice, which on this occasion were enriched by the presence of the urn containing the relics of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. It ...
A course of spiritual exercises to commemorate the anniversary of the foundation of Duruelo
The Commissariat of Sicily wished to remember the 450 years of the founding of the Duruelo monastery by celebrating a course of spiritual exercises for religious and laity in the Spirituality House of the Villasmundo Carmel. The title of the exerc...
Encounter of OCD students in Fatima, 22nd – 24th August
As has become a tradition, every three years, there is a european encounter for OCD students in a European country. This year the place chosen was Fatima, where we reflected on the Marian spirituality of Carmel for three days. A tota...
Rereading our Constitutions
The commision set up by the General Definitory for the project of the rereading of the Constitutions, met in Rome from 24th – 28th June. The next meeting took place from 27th August – 5th...
Fr Silverio of Saint Teresa in Wikipedia
“Silverio of Saint Teresa is the religious name of Julián Gómez Fernández, a Discalced Carmelite friar, born in Escóbados de Arriba (Burgos), on the 8th of March 1875 and died in Mazatlán (Méxic...
