News Archivi - CARMELITANI SCALZI

20 May 2025

MEXICO CITY: VII NATIONAL MEETING OF THE CARMELITES

On the 14th, 15th and 16th of March the VII National Meeting of the Carmelites was held in Mexico City, with the participation of the great Mexican Carmelite Family: Brothers, OCDS, laity, etc. from the communities that make up the Province of Sai...

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15 May 2025

ARGENTINA: OCDS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2025

The National Assembly of the OCDS of Argentina was held from 28th through the 30th of March in the Spiritual Centre of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Luis Guillón (Buenos Aires). ...

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10 May 2025

Italy: OCDS Assembly of the Province of Venice

On Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March the traditional Provincial Assembly of the OCDS took place in the Spiritual Centre of San Fidenzio (Verona). The 45 participants, who came from almost all the communit...

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5 May 2025

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...

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22 April 2025

Tanzania: Inauguration of Carmel Prayer House in Dodoma

January 18, 2025, was a day filled with joy for the Discalced Carmelite Friars of St. Therese of Child Jesus, Vicariate of Tanzania. A multitude of the faithful from Dar Es Salaam, Mbeya, Morogoro, and Dodoma gathered at Carmel Prayer House to be ...

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21 April 2025

On the death of Pope Francis, In grateful remembrance

Dear brothers and sisters of the whole family of the Discalced Carmel, friars, nuns, OCDS and all affiliated members: PEACE AND HOPE! Having learned of the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, we unite wholeheartedly as an Order, the ent...

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16 April 2025

Philippines: Basilica of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel celebrates golden jubilee as a parish

On 17 February 2025, the Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the Philippines celebrated its 50th anniversary since being established as a parish in 1975. The concelebrated Eucharistic celebration marking t...

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12 April 2025

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...

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8 April 2025

Mexico: Mexico: Fraternal visit to the OCDS and the Confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

In February, Fr. Ramiro Casale, OCD, General Delegate for the OCDS, accompanied by the Provincial Delegate for the OCDS, Fr. Pedro Martínez Nogales, OCD, made a fraternal visitation to the communities of the Secular Order and the Confraternities ...

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4 April 2025

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...

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30 March 2025

Lebanon: Visit of the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

The Committee of Preparation for the visit of the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus held a press conference on Tuesday, 11th February 2025, at the Catholic Media Center, sponsored by Archbishop His Grace Antoine Nabil Al-Andari...

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26 March 2025

Central Africa: 10th Meeting of the Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar

The annual meeting of Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar was held at Bangui from the 20th to the 24th January. For the first time, our meeting took place at the delegation of Central Africa, now blessed ...

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23 March 2025

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. ...

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20 March 2025

Launching of the School-Laboratory of online formation for the OCDS of Italy

Friday 31st January, 2025, saw the beginning of the School-Laboratory of online formation for formators, both current and future, organized by the Interprovincial OCDS Coordination of Italy. During this first online meeting, more...

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14 March 2025

Italy: Meeting of European formators

From the 27th to the 31st January 2025, 38 directors met at Bocca di Magra, at the spiritual centre of the Ligurian Province.  They came from 18 different European circumscriptions. : Austria, Italy, Malta, France, Spain, P...

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