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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...
INAUGURATION OF CASA MONTE CARMELI AT LEPATERIQUE
During the solemnity of our Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus, we celebrated a thanksgiving Eucharist for Casa del Monte Carmelo at Lepaterique, Honduras. We are overjoyed because today has been a very significant day: a first Mass celeb...
CITeS. INAUGURATION OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022
The academic year 2020-2021 for the Master’s Degree in Mystic and Human Sciences was inaugurated on October 4 at the Teresiano-Sanjuanista International Centre, CITeS, Avila. This particular degree is just one of the various academic programme...
VISIT OF FATHER GENERAL TO THE TERESIANUM
From the 11th to 15th October, the Superior General, Fr. Miguel Marquez Calle, paid a fraternal visit to the Permanent Community of the Teresianum. He was interested in having first-hand information about the lif...
HUGE COMPLEX AT CARMEL OF BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICA)
On 16 July, at the conclusion of a Mass presided over by Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalaing, the foundation stone for a new convent of Bangui Carmel was finally laid. We had been waiting for this moment for many years. In 2006 we had built a monaster...
CHIQUITUNGA RETURNS TO PARAGUAY
Blessed Maria Felicia of Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament, OCD, called “Chiquitunga” (the Little One), is the first Paraguayan to be beatified. She died on 28 April 1959 at the age of 34 and her relics were transferred to Rome three years ago ...
Tuesday, 14th September 2021
Today we came to the end of our General Chapter. As the ancients said, ”ultima brevior” which means: the last must always be the briefest. The day was entirely dedicated to working on the Final Document of the Chapter and on the messa...
Sunday 12th September 2021
This morning we welcomed Fr. Miceal O’Neill, O.Carm, the Prior General of the Carmelites. He shared with us his experience on some challenges for Carmelite life today. The expectations of the world to us are three: the witness of our lives, form...
Saturday, 11th September 2021
Today the entire General Chapter had an audience with Pope Francis. It was arranged for 11.00. The friars made their way to the Vatican either on foot or using public transport. They had to be at the Bronze door by 10.15 in order to be conducted t...
