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India: Celebrating St Therese of the Child Jesus, the Patroness of Pushpashrama
The 150th Birth Anniversary and the Centenary of the Beatification of St Therese of the Child Jesus, the patroness of Pushpashrama, was celebrated on Sunday, 8 October 2023 at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Pushpashrama. The solemn Eucharisti...
News from the Province of Germany
From September the 29th to October the 1st, 2023, the ODCS National Assembly of the German Province was held in the retreat house of the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Birkenwerder, in the presence of the Provincial Fr. Jea...
Brazil: a church dedicated to St. Therese becomes an archdiocesan sanctuary
The Discalced Carmelite Order of Brazil celebrated the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus with great solemnity in the various communities of the two Brazilian Provinces. This year, which marks the 150th anniversary of Thérèse Mar...
Israel: “We Carmelites of Jerusalem pray with these two peoples in conflict”
Our Lady of the Rosary: during the Office of Lauds and the Eucharist on Saturday, October 7, the alarm sounded almost continuously over Jerusalem… until about noon. The muffled sounds of rockets being destroyed by the Iron Dome made us reali...
Updating of the Ratio Institutionis of the Order
From the 2nd to the 11th of October 2023, the members of the Commission for the updating of our Ratio Institutionis met at the Generalate to put together the various contributions sent by the Circumscriptions and to ...
Spain: closing of the jubilee year in the Avila diocese
Late in the afternoon of October the 14th, 2023, the vigil of the Solemnity of St. Teresa of Jesus, the Teresian Jubilee Year in the Diocese of Avila came to an end, and the Holy Door was closed. In this way, a year and a half of jubile...
Ivory Coast: inauguration of the scholastic year
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, the Catholic College of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Abidjan inaugurated the school year by entrusting it to the Lord. The Mass was presided over by Father Ambroise Marie Fare, director of the College. All the...
Tanzania: Ruby Jubilee of Carmelite Vicariate in Tanzania
On September 17, 2023, the Vicariate of Tanzania celebrated its Ruby Jubilee at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Kihonda, a day marked by profound spiritual significance and communal rejoicing. The celebratory mass was presided over by his Excellence Arch...
Colombia: 18th National Congress of Discalced Carmelite Seculars
From 4th to 8th August the 18th National Congress of the OCDS in Colombia, was held at La Mesa de los Santos (Santander). Carmelite Seculars from all the regions of Colombia where they are present (Bogota, Bucara...
Italy: OCDS National Congress
Secular Carmelites from all the Italian OCDS Provinces gathered in considerable numbers in Ariccia from the 12th to 15th July to celebrate their National Congress. The theme for this year’s meeting was “The sear...
Spain: Seminar on Intellectual Life among Discalced Carmelites
From 27 to 29 June, CITeS (Avila) hosted a seminar on intellectual life in the Discalced Carmelite Order. There were 17 participants from 6 different countries (Spain, France, England, Italy, Poland and Switzerland). Their discussions and refl...
Young OCD Associates begin YOUTH DAY in Fatima
Prior to proceeding to Lisbon for the official YOUTH DAY celebrations with Pope Francis, some young OCD Associates gathered in Fatima under Our Blessed Lady’s mantle on 31 July. We were about 200, coming from different countries and thre...
Secular Carmel in Venezuela
The latest OCDS statistics in Venezuela show that there are eight canonically erected communities and four in the process of being established. There are about 150 active members. There are also projects for foundations in different places. The OC...
Secular Carmel in Peru
There are OCDS communities in Peru present in the cities of Abancay, Arequipa, Cusco, Ica, Lima and Trujillo. There are 165 members in various stages of the formation. The national formation program was recently approved, which is about to be appl...
Ivory Coast: two jubilees at the Carmelite nuns’ monastery in Logbakro
On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at the Carmelite nuns’ monastery in Logbakro, two jubilees were celebrated, one golden and the other silver: that of Sr Marie Pacis of Jesus and that of Sr Marie Bernadette of Eternal Love. Religious men and wo...
