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CICLA North Meeting
The 8th Meeting of the nuns and friars of CICLA North, held from 30 June to 4 July 2025 at the Spiritual Centre of Nuestra Señora del Carmen in El Salvador, had the central theme of ‘L...
LITURGY OF THE ORDER
On 16 July 2025, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved the Editio Typica Alterae of the Proprium Missarum OCD (the ‘second edition’ of the ‘Carmelite Missal’ in Latin). Exceptionally, th...
Meetings with the OCDS of Thailand
The OCDS communities of Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan and Nakhon Pathom held a series of meetings from the 11th to the 14th of May with Brothers John Bosco Pricha Yangyuen, OCD, Joseph Somkrit Supatimasro, OCD, spiritual assistants, and Ramiro Casale, OCD...
Australia: OCDS celebrates St Therese of Lisieux’s Canonisation
To celebrate the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux, the OCDS community of Melbourne presented Holiness for All – an exhibition on the life and spirituality of St Thérèse. The exhibition was held at St Patrick...
BELARUS : CONSECRATION OF THE CARMELITE CHURCH OF MINSK
The Carmelite Church in Minsk was consecrated on the 7th of June 2025. The people of Belarus built the Church of the Holy Cross to give thanks for the gift of the Eucharist. Those who attended the celebration included the Archbishop-Metropolitan o...
Spain: Saint Teresa returns to her shrine in Alba de Tormes.
On the 26th of May, the urn containing the body of Saint Teresa of Jesus was returned to its usual place in the centre of the altarpiece in the church of the Discalced Carmelites in Alba de Tormes. From the 11th to the 25th of May, more than 93,00...
Philippines: Congress on prayer
On April 9, 2025, thousands of faithful gathered at the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the “Congress on Prayer II: Confidence in Love”. The event marked the 100th anniversary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s canonization and celebrated...
India: inauguration of the Juniors’ Course
The long-cherished dream of the Federation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was realized on March 1, 2025, with the inauguration of the Juniors’ Course at Kurnool Carmel, the Federal Formation House. Rev. Bishop Johannes Gorantla OCD presi...
Siria: Message from the Carmelite Nuns of Aleppo – 11th March 2025
Dear friends, Many of you have asked for an update on the situation here, and we are very touched. The massacres that have taken place and continue to take place on the north-west coast of Syria, in the Alawite region where the former Presi...
Official statement: Facial reconstruction of Saint Teresa of Jesus
28th March 2025 510th anniversary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus On 28 August 2024, in Alba de Tormes (Spain), the long process of identification and study of the mort...
Portugal : 20th anniversary of the death of Sister Lucie
On 13th February, 2005, Sister Lucie of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died at the Carmel of Saint Teresa at Coimbra. She was 97 years old, having spent 57 of them at the Carmel, during her long pilgrimage on this earth. ...
Spain : Federal Meeting of Discalced Carmelites of Andalusia and Badajoz
From the 27th to the 31st January, the Sisters of the Federation of the ‘Virgin of Carmel’ of Andalusia and Badajoz held their 15th Meeting. We held it once again, facing the sea, in the ‘Santa Maria de Regla...
Philippine: Seminar-Workshop for Prioresses
The Philippine Federation of Discalced Carmelite Nuns organized a seminar-workshop for Prioresses from November 21 – 30, 2024 at the Carmelite Missionaries’ Center of Spirituality, Tagaytay city. The seminar-workshop aimed at empowering the Pr...
Senegal : 20 years of presence in Keur Mariama
With their celebration of St. John of the Cross, the Discalced Carmelites of Senegal gave thanks with their close friends for the 20 years since the creation of the site of Keur Mariama near Kaolack. The brothers arrived in Senegal in 2002, but...
South Korea: canonical approval of Uijeongbu Carmelite Monastery
On November 1, 2024, Uijeongbu Carmelite Monastery, located in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do, received canonical approval on July 3 of the same year, and celebrated its establishment with the Bishop of Uijeongbu and with 300 people include 30 priests, ...
