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News from Madagascar
On October 1, 2023, on the occasion of the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, our Patroness, 13 novices made their first vows in the church of Itaosy. From the 2nd to the 6th of October 2023, all Carmelites from Madagas...
Israel: “We Carmelites of Jerusalem pray with these two peoples in conflict”
Our Lady of the Rosary: during the Office of Lauds and the Eucharist on Saturday, October 7, the alarm sounded almost continuously over Jerusalem… until about noon. The muffled sounds of rockets being destroyed by the Iron Dome made us reali...
Spain: Seminar on Intellectual Life among Discalced Carmelites
From 27 to 29 June, CITeS (Avila) hosted a seminar on intellectual life in the Discalced Carmelite Order. There were 17 participants from 6 different countries (Spain, France, England, Italy, Poland and Switzerland). Their discussions and refl...
Ivory Coast: two jubilees at the Carmelite nuns’ monastery in Logbakro
On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at the Carmelite nuns’ monastery in Logbakro, two jubilees were celebrated, one golden and the other silver: that of Sr Marie Pacis of Jesus and that of Sr Marie Bernadette of Eternal Love. Religious men and wo...
Italy: Therese and her parents voyage to Rome
At the initiative of the Pontifical Russicum College in Rome, the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and her parents, Louis and Zélie Martin, came on pilgrimage to Rome from the 6th to the 16th of June. On Jun...
Burkina Faso: first Carmelite Day
The first Carmelite Day in Burkina Faso took place on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at the monastery of our O.Carm Friars, in Bobo-Dioulasso. Ninety-two people from the cities of Gourcy, Ouagadougou, Nouna, Dédougou and Bobo-Dioulasso took part in this ...
Madagascar : A truly exceptional meeting
From Monday 17 April to Sunday 7 May 2023, the Lord gathered the Carmelite nuns of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion Island) and France, for a three-week formation meeting, in Itaosy, at the house of our Carmelite friars, who were g...
Haifa: Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
On April 30, 2023, the traditional procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, known as Taalat al-Adra (the Ascent of the Virgin), took place in the city of Haifa (Israel). Every year, a 900 kg statue, mounted for procession on a car without ...
SYRIA: Chronicle from destruction and hope… FEBRUARY 25-27, 2023
Saturday the 25th of February 2023 Destination Aleppo After the days spent in Iraq celebrating the 400th anniversary of the presence of the Carmelites in the land...
Syria: Carmelite Sisters of Aleppo take in ten families after the earthquake
In Aleppo, after the recent earthquake on February the 6th, all the nuns were safe and sound. Fortunately their monastery was well built and did not suffer any structural damage. Eight nuns live in the monastery. Their house has ...
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 ...
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...
Federal Assembly of the Carmelite Nuns of Our Lady of the Isles (Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar)
The Assembly of the Carmelite Nuns of Our Lady of the Isles was held from Monday 14 to Tuesday 22 November 2022 at Antsirabé (Madagascar), at the Spiritual Center of Notre Dame du Fiat. The Assembly began with a session held by Father Jér...
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...
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...
