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Avila: the Holy See grants the title of Minor Basilica to the church of La Santa, birthplace of Saint Teresa of Jesus.
Following the formal request submitted to the Vatican by the Bishop of Avila, Monsignor Gil Tamayo, supported by the Carmelite Order, the Nuncio of His Holiness in Spain sent to Monsignor Gil Tamayo on July 13 the decree conferring the title of Mi...
WITH NICARAGUA
Message of Father General, Fr. Miguel Márquez Calle, OCD. The Discalced Carmel holds and embraces the Church and the Nicaraguan people. Today we are all for Nicaragua. The Teresian Carmel wishes to express ...
Burundi-Rwanda: Laudato si’ session: an experience of “everything is connected” and contemplation
From Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 of May 2022, the Community of Discalced Carmelites of Gitega hosted about fifty young people studying in secondary and university institutes in the cities of Bujumbura and Gitega. They came to live together an ...
India: Second Novitiate Course 2022
The second novitiate course of the year 2022, organized in Pushpadaan (Calicut), the theme of which was “With Empty Hands”, has just ended. The participants came from 7 provinces: 9 from Manjummel; 2 from South Kerala; 6 from Malabar; ...
Philippines: Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Carmelite presence
As the Universal Church celebrated the solemnity of Pentecost last June 6, the Province of St. Teresa of Jesus gratefully held its 75th anniversary of the Carmelite presence in the Philippines. It all started in 1947, with the ov...
Vietnam: Fondation of St Joseph’s monastery at Kon Tum
A new monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns was founded in the central highlands of Vietnam. On June 7, Bishop Aloisius Nguyen Hung officially founded the Monastery of St. Joseph in the city of Kon Tum. A great multitude gathered for the occasion,...
Sweden: Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD, receives a Medal from the King of Sweden
On Friday, June 10, our confrere Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD, received from His Majesty, the King of Sweden, the medal of the ribbon of the Order of Seraphim, 12th degree, for his significant contributions to the life of the Swedish and intern...
South Brazil: General Pastoral Visit to the Province of Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel
Father General, Fr. Miguel Márquez Calle, visited the Province of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (southern Brazil). This trip of Father General to Brazil was part of the General Pastoral Visit, carried out from 25th April to 28th ...
Assembly of the OCD Major Superiors of Europe and the Middle East
The assembly of the Major Superiors of the Discalced Carmel in Europe and the Middle East was celebrated in Lisieux (France) from 30th May to 3rd June, 2022. Twenty-one friars were able to take part in the meeting. Father General, Fr. Miguel Marqu...
2022 MEETING OF CICLA OCD
CICLA (Inter-regional Teresian Carmelite Conference of Latin America) held its triennial Meeting in Mexico City from 19th to 23rd April 2022. Present were Provincials, Commissars, Delegates and a Regional Vicar, namely: t...
PERU: FR. ANGEL ZAPATA BANCES OCD NOMINATED AS BISHOP OF CHIMBOTE
The Holy Father nominated our brother Fr. Angel Zapata Bances OCD as Bishop of Chimbote, Peru, on 18 May 2022. Fr. Angel was born in Lima, 3 August 1959. He entered the Carmelite Order in March 1979, making his First Profession 14 March 1...
5th MEETING OF OCDS CICLA-South IN BOLIVIA
The 5th meeting of the OCDS CICLA-south took place in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, from 20th to 24th April 2022. It was composed of members from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The them...
USA: SAINT TERESA ASSOCIATION FORMATORS’ MEETING
It was with joy and gratitude, that the Formators of the Saint Teresa Association were finally able to gather for their first time ever in person Formators’ meeting from March 7th till the 12th of this year. We had had to...
1st MEETING OF COMMISSION FOR REVISION OF THE RATIO INSTITUTIONIS
The Commission for the Revision of the Ratio Institutionis of the Order held its 1st meeting, by zoom, on April 4, 2022. The General Chapter of 2021 had considered that such a revision was overdue, so Fr, General subsequently...
JUBILEE YEARS OF TERESIAN CARMEL IN AUSTRIA
Carmelite Friars and Nuns in Austria are celebrating various jubilees of the following years: 400 yeas of Teresian Carmel in Austria with the foundation of a Monastery in Vienna, 4th February 1622; 350 years since ...
