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Australia: Celebrating 1st Centenary of St Thérèse’s Beatification
On Saturday, the 29th of April 2023, the St John of the Cross OCDS Community, Melbourne, gathered in the parish of the Good Shepherd Church in Gladstone Park, Victoria, to celebrate the first centenary of the beatification of St Thérèse of the C...
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 ...
Cuba: a visit to the Secular Carmel and the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Secular Carmel has a long history in Cuba. The communities of the cities of Havana and Matanzas continue to enrich their respective dioceses with their lives of prayer and service. We had the opportunity to meet María Marta of the Virgen of C...
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 ...
Mexico: meeting between the Secular Order and the Confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
In April, the Secular Order and the Confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel met in the La Sabatina parish in Mexico City. Members of communities and confraternities from all over the country were present. After a solemn Eucharistic celebration...
Panama: the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel celebrates the OCDS Day
In an atmosphere of joyful fraternity, on March 23, we celebrated the Eucharist marking the Day for the Secular Carmel, on the occasion of their 429th anniversary. Fr. Victorino Bal, Assistant of the OCDS Communities in our country pr...
Filippines: canonical establishment of the OCDS Community of St Joseph and St John of the Cross
On Sunday, March 19, 2023, the Provincial Delegate of the OCDS, Father Alex Collera OCD, presided over the Eucharistic celebration of the canonical erection of the Community of St. Joseph and St. John of the Cross in the Carmelite Chapel of Upper ...
England: Canonical establishment of the OCDS Community of Blessed Marie Eugene
The Blessed Marie Eugene OCDS community, born 6 years ago at Boars Hill, Oxford, England, when the St Elijah community of the same place had grown too large and five members had felt ready and inspired to leave to form a new community, was officia...
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...
The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites reborn in Israel
About two years ago, a group of lay people from different cultures wondered about the possibility of founding a community of Secular Carmel at Stella Maris, on Mount Carmel, and began to organize themselves and inquire about the procedure to be fo...
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...
Malaysia: Canonical establishment of the OCDS Community of Christ the King
Our OCDS Community rejoiced in receiving the Decree of Canonical Establishment after 22 years of existence. The Mass of thanksgiving and presentation of the Decree was held on November 19, 2022, on the eve of the Solemnity of Christ the King (Feas...
Brazil: Canonical establishment of OCDS communities in the North/Northeast
The OCDS of the North/Northeast celebrated with joy and enthusiasm the canonical establishment of the communities of Saint Joseph of St Teresa and Flower of Carmel of St Therese, both in Fortaleza; as well as the community of St Teresa of Los Ande...
