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95th anniversary of the foundation of the Carmel of Quezon City (Philippines)
The Carmel of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus celebrated its 95th foundation anniversary last November 24, 2021. His Grace, the Most Reverend Charles J. Brown, D.D., Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, led the Thanksgiving Mass, toget...
CARMELITE NUNS OF TOLENTINO (ITALY): BLESSING AS WORK BEGINS
On December 11th, the Nuns of Tolentino, had the blessing, not of the first stone of their future convent, but rather of its first plank of wood. It had happened, that as Mass began on the 30th October 2016, an earthquake...
75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE PARISH OF ST. DOMINIC De GUZMAN IN SANTA CRUZ, TENERIFE (SPAIN)
Carmelites of the Iberian Province celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Parish of St. Dominic Guzman in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (the Canary Islands), on Sunday 21 November. Monsignor Bernardo Alvarez Alfonso presided ...
A SPACE FOR PRAYER INAUGURATED IN BENONI (SOUTH AFRICA)
Carmelite friars from the Karnataka-Goa Province have constructed a Prayer Garden in the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Benoni, South Africa. The garden was blessed by Archbishop Buti Thagale of Johannesburg on the 21st of Nove...
MONSIGNOR CESAR ESSAYAN, LATIN APOSTOLIC VICAR IN LEBANON MEETS LEBANESE DISCALCED CARMELITE FRIARS FOR THE SYNOD
Saturday 20 November 2021 May this Synod be lived in the Spirit! We are forever needful of God’s renewing breath that frees us from all shutdowns, restores life to what was dead, tears apart chains and dispenses joy. It leads us tow...
NEWS FROM BELORUSSIA
The friars of our Belorussian Vicariate spent the 20 November, the feast day of St. Raphael Kalinowski, on a Spiritual Retreat at Miadziel. Monsignor Aleh Butkevich, President of the Belorussian Episcopal Conference and Bishop of the Diocese of ...
Father General’s sermon for the commemoration of Blessed Francis Palau (07/11/2021)
Dearest Sisters, I am happy to be here with you and with my confreres: this is my home, our home. We are walking along the path of communion in Carmel, in the ardent footsteps of Francis Palau and many others who have spent their lives in the serv...
Diamond Jubilee of Father Pedro de San José (Rafael Zubieta)
On October 21, Father Pedro de San José (Rafael Zubieta) celebrated his 75th anniversary of religious profession. It was on October 21, 1946, in the monastery of Larrea (Spain), that the young Pedro consecrated himself to the Lord, with the desir...
News from our brothers Rev. George Desmond Tambala and Rev. Peter Chung Soon-taek
MALAWI: On 15 October, Pope Francis has transferred Rev. George Desmond Tambala, OCD, to the country’s Lilongwe Archdiocese where he will serve as Archbishop. The Malawian Archdiocese has been vacant since December 14...
ONLINE RETREAT with the Discalced Carmelites. Beginning: 24th November 2021
Prepare yourselves for the feast of Christmas with the Discalced Carmelites. Since 2011, the Discalced Carmelites have been offering online retreats to help prepare for the two great liturgical solemnities of the year: Christmas and Easter....
The Prague nuns begin to build a new Carmel of Saint Joseph
Due to the noise and lack of space in our former monastery, we decided to leave the centre of the capital city of the Czech Republic and move our monastery to the suburbs, in the small village of Drasty, in East Prague, where we bought a former co...
Centenary of the Carmel of Pâquier (Switzerland)
After a first attempt in 1867 near Geneva, in August 1914, Mme. Delaître, a French widow, supported by a group of benefactors from the Paris region, bought the Little Castle of Lully (Switzerland) with the aim of establishing a prayer community f...
UNESCO joins the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thérèse of Lisieux
The bells of the Basilica of Lisieux announced good news: Thérèse of Lisieux has been inserted into the 2022/2023 calendar of anniversaries to which UNESCO will join on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Saint Thérèse (1873-...
TERCENTENARY OF “ECHTEN KARMELITENGEIST (1721-2021) IN RATISBON
On 8 October2021 a special ceremony commemorating the 300th anniversary of “echten Karmelitengeist” of Ratisbon was held in the Diocesan Centre of Obermunster (Ratisbon). Karmelitengeist has been produced since 1721 in the Carmeli...
