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The Congress of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites of Canada
From 5th-7th October, 2018, the Secular Carmel of Canada, which is part of the Province of Malta gathered together for their 8th Congress, where some members from the delegation of western Canada were also present....
OCDS: admissions and promises in the Province of Lombardy
The house of spirituality of the Discalced Carmelites of the Province of Lombardy in Cassano Valcuvia (Varese, Italy), hosted a beautiful event June 9th and 10th. It can be characterized as historic, being the first time that members from differen...
Formation Seminar for OCDS – Sicily
“A formation seminar for members of the Secular Order was held in the Mount Carmel spirituality center of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Sicily from April 27th to 29th. “Representatives from the Commissariat’s 15 communities attend...
Holy Week in Jequitinhonha Valley
As for many years, during Holy week, a group of Brazilian Secular Discalced Carmelites offered their services to the poor and needy communities of Vila São João, Dutra, Várzea da Páscoa and Ribeirão. All of these belong to the Francisco Badar...
OCDS Provincial meeting in Bari and Maddaloni
The OCDS Communities of the Naples Province held two Provincial meetings in Bari (27-28 January) and in Maddaloni (3-4 February). They discussed their Constitutions under the headings: “Divine Call, Life-Long Commitment and Continuing Fideli...
Extended Provincial Council for the OCDS province “FRANCE-SUD”
“An extended provincial council meeting took place from January 12th to 15th with the participation of the OCDS Delegate General and the OCDS Provincial Delegate of the France-Sud province, fr. Jean Sebastien. The chosen location was the convent...
New OCDS Council in Central Italy
The Secular Order of the Province of Saint Joseph, Central Italy, held elections October 28th through 29th in Sassone, near Rome. Some time after the creation of the new Province, its predecessors being Rome and Tuscany, a decision was made...
OCDS Congress: Province of Southeast Brazil
The Order of Discalced Carmelites Secular of the Province of Saint Joseph, Southeast Brazil, celebrated its 33rd Provincial Congress from November 2nd through 5th. Approximately 100 members of the 54 Communities and Groups in that OCDS province pa...
OCDS National Assembly of Peru
Between the 2nd and the 4th of June this year, members of the OCDS communities of Trujillo, Lima, Ica, Arequipa, Abancay and Cuzco gathered together in the seminary of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Lima for their national...
First OCDS congress in the Congo
As you will have seen in detail on our web sites, the first congress of the Secular Order in the Congo took place from the 16th to the 19th of March this year. It was held in the reception centre of the Les Buissonnets...
24th Portugal OCDS meeting
Fátima, 28th to 30th April 2017 Secular Carmel vocational discernment In Fatima’s Domus Carmeli was celebrated the twenty-fourth annual national me...
OCDS Provincial Chapter, Colombia
The 5th OCDS Provincial Chapter took place at Medellín in the Francis Palau retreat house of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of March. Taking part in the event were delegate...
Visits by the General Delegate for the OCDS
During the months of January and February, Fr. Alzinir Debastiani, ocd, the Father General’s delegate for Secular Carmelite communities, made two important visits to OCDS communities. The first was in Croatia from January 27th to 30th of ...
Visit to Secular Carmel in Venezuela
From the 2nd to the 20th November 2016, the Delegate General for Secular Carmel carried out a fraternal visit to the communities of Secular Carmel in Venezuela and other lay groups inspired by Carmelite spirituality, as well ...
OCDS CICLA meetings
OCDS members of the Bolivarian CICLA (Interprovincial Conference of Latin American Carmelites) from Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador met in Quito from September 16th to 20th. A delegation from Argentina also accompanied them. Delegates present were: Fr...