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New Discalced Carmelite Bishop
On 20th December, 2016, Pope Francis appointed as Bishop of the Lismore diocese, in Australia, our brother Fr Gregory Homeming who, since 2014, has been Regional Vicar of that area of jurisdiction, which is dependent on the Anglo-Irish ...
A new community in Egypt
The General Delegation of Egypt has established a new presence in Alexandria, that city which resonates so much in Christian history. Present in Egypt for 90 years, the Teresian Carmel is exploring new growth because of the vocations the Lo...
OCD-OCarm Meeting on Mount Carmel
From 27th November to 2nd December 2016, the Superiors General of the Carmelites, Fr Fernando Millán O.Carm. and Fr Saverio Cannistrà OCD, together with the General Definitors or Councillors of both religious Orders, met to...
Meeting of the European Conference of Provincials
Between the 7th and 11th November the European Conference of Provincials met in Linz, Austria. Taking part at the meeting were the Major Superiors of the various European areas of jurisdiction together with Fr Agustí Borrell...
A life of devotion to Africa
Marcellino Forcellini (6th December, 1930 – 23rd November, 2016), was born in Paris, but was a citizen of the Republic of San Marino, being the only Carmelite to hail from this tiny independent state. His country awarde...
Episcopal consecration of Mons. Oswaldo Escobar
At nine in the morning of the first of October, feast of St Therese of the Child Jesus, began the ceremony of consecration of the new Bishop of Chalatenango in El Salvador, Mons. Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar, a Discalced Carmelite who, until his appo...
Discalced Carmelite Bishops
At the beginning of September, the traditional course for bishops consecrated and/or elected during last year was celebrated at Rome. Among those taking part in the course were Mons. George Tambala and Mons. Zdenko Križić, Discalced Carmelite bi...
Death of His Excellency, Nándor Takács, Discalced Carmelite Bishop
On July 11th, Bishop Nándor Takács, Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and Discalced Carmelite, was born to eternal life. Born in the heart of a peasant family in the small Hungarian village of Rábacsanak, he completed his no...
Father Oswaldo E. Escobar Aguilar, new Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)
Pope Francis appointed Father Oswaldo Escobar, ocd, as the new Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador). Born on May 20, 1968, near the diocese of which he is now bishop, he entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites and made his solemn professi...
Fr Albert Wach, new Rector of the Teresianum Community
In its June meeting, the Definitory General appointed as Rector (Superior) of the Teresianum Community Fr Albert Wach, ocd, from the Krakow Province. This appointment will come into effect after the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Zdenko Kricic and ...
