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Indonesia: OCDS National Assembly
On October 17-20, The OCDS of Indonesia held a national assembly in Denpasar Bali, which was attended by 14 communities’ representatives from all over Indonesia. A total of 103 participants attended. The theme was “Obedience as the mai...
Sri Lanka: News from the OCDS
On October 12, 2024, the OCDS in Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo for a fraternal sharing. The OCDS in Sri Lanka was founded on November 24, 1974, at Corpus Christi Carmel monastery, Mattakkuliya in Colombo. During the meeting the OCDS discussed impo...
India: Fraternal Visit to the OCDS
During the months of October and November, Fr. Ramiro Casale, Delegate General for the OCDS, visited the Seculars of the Indian Provinces of Karnataka-Goa, Malabar, Manjummel, South Kerala and Tamilnadu. The meetings and activities were an excel...
National OCDS Meeting in Holland
On October 4, 2024, members of the OCDS communities of The Hague, Volendam, Nijnsel, Rotterdam and Sittard in Holland assembled at Sint Nicolaaskerk Church in Baarn, to reflect on the topic, “Do whatever He tells you to do.” Each one of the co...
Austria: Jubilee celebration in Linz
On Sunday 15 September, we had a joyful celebration of a Pontifical Mass with Mons. Manfred Scheuer in the Carmelite Church of Linz, as a conclusion of the Jubilee years of Teresian Carmel’s presence in Austria. Numerous Brethren from Austria ...
Korea: 50th Anniversary of the arrival of Carmelites
On Saturday, 5 October 2024, a special Mass was celebrated in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Friars of the Discalced Carmelite Order in Korea. Under the slogan “A Mysterious Journey, 50 years of blessings, still b...
Quebec: Annual Retreat of the OCDS
The OCDS in Quebec held their annual retreat from 13 – 15th September at the Centre of Prayer in Trois-Rivieres, on the theme of “Who will lead me to happiness, with Teresa of Jesus”. The retreat was led by Fr Francois-Dominique Lam...
Puerto Rico: OCDS National Assembly
The OCDS communities in Puerto Rico gathered together on August 3, 2024, in the city of Caguas for a national gathering. The meeting began with the Eucharist and was followed by a conference with the title, “OCDS: Vocation and Mission.” Afterw...
Columbia: meeting of Formators – CICLA
A meeting of Formators from CICLA was held in the priory of Villa de Leyva, from 4-24 August, in the presence of friars from several countries in Latin America (Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Br...
USA: OCDS Congress of the Washington Province
The 2024 OCDS Congress that took place in Wakefield, MA, from August 22nd to the 25th, gathered hundreds of OCDS from 33 states in the United States and from abroad. Some Carmelite Fathers and Nuns were present too making it ...
Spain: 2nd International Congress on Therese of Lisieux at CITeS
From 2 – 7 September, CITes in Avila hosted the 2nd International Congress on Therese of Lisieux. The theme “My Vocation Is Love” the speakers and participants studied the manuscripts B & C from her “Story of A Soul...
Ukraine: OCDS Promises
The OCDS Community of the Guardian Angels in Kiev shared in a very joyful celebration on Saturday 27 July. Mrs. Ludmila of the Holy Spirit made her promises in the presence of the Community’s assistant, Fr. Jana Dudeck OCD. The Eucharistic c...
Brazil: Edith Stein Institute of Formation and Carmelite Prayer Retreat
From 11 to 21 July, the Carmelite Secular Order of the Province of St. Joseph, South-east Brazil, organized a new Cycle of Formation under the auspices of the Edith Stein Institute, in conjunction with a Retreat on Carmelite Prayer. The respecti...
Meeting of OCDS Communities in Indonesia
The family of the OCDS in Indonesia counts already with fifteen communities present on seven different islands. Its members are committed to their life of prayer, fraternity and service in the Church and in the World. Several communities gathered ...
Austria: Visit to the OCDS communities
The four OCDS communities in Austria located in, Graz, Jeutendorf, Linz and Vienna received the visit of the Provincial of Discalced Carmelites in Austria, Fr. Paul Saji, OCD and the General Delegate for the OCDS, Fr. Ramiro Casale, OCD. Each comm...