News - CARMELITANI SCALZI
CICLA North Meeting
The 8th Meeting of the nuns and friars of CICLA North, held from 30 June to 4 July 2025 at the Spiritual Centre of Nuestra Señora del Carmen in El Salvador, had the central theme of ‘L...
Jubilee: Meeting of Carmelite Youth
As part of the Youth Jubilee on 31 July, a Carmelite Vigil was held at the Teresianum in Rome. More than 400 young people from different countries attended, along with members of the Orde...
LITURGY OF THE ORDER
On 16 July 2025, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved the Editio Typica Alterae of the Proprium Missarum OCD (the ‘second edition’ of the ‘Carmelite Missal’ in Latin). Exceptionally, th...
Singapore : Meeting with the OCDS
From the 16th to the 18th of May, the members of the OCDS in Singapore came together to explore three key themes in the life of the Secular Order: the role and identity of the OCDS, formation in Carmelite spirituality, and living as Secular Order ...
Meetings with the OCDS of Thailand
The OCDS communities of Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan and Nakhon Pathom held a series of meetings from the 11th to the 14th of May with Brothers John Bosco Pricha Yangyuen, OCD, Joseph Somkrit Supatimasro, OCD, spiritual assistants, and Ramiro Casale, OCD...
Australia: OCDS celebrates St Therese of Lisieux’s Canonisation
To celebrate the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux, the OCDS community of Melbourne presented Holiness for All – an exhibition on the life and spirituality of St Thérèse. The exhibition was held at St Patrickâ...
BELARUS : CONSECRATION OF THE CARMELITE CHURCH OF MINSK
The Carmelite Church in Minsk was consecrated on the 7th of June 2025. The people of Belarus built the Church of the Holy Cross to give thanks for the gift of the Eucharist. Those who attended the celebration included the Archbishop-Metropolitan o...
Meeting of the European Provincials in Fátima, Portugal
From the 26th to the 30th of May 2025, the Conference of European Provincials (CEP) held its assembly at the Domus Carmeli in Fátima. This meeting provided an opportunity for common discernment, strengthening our Teresian charism, and fostering c...
Liturgy Proper of the Order
A new section has been created in the ‘Documents’ section of the Order’s website (https://www.carmelitaniscalzi.com/en/categoria_documenti/liturgy/). This se...
Spain: Saint Teresa returns to her shrine in Alba de Tormes.
On the 26th of May, the urn containing the body of Saint Teresa of Jesus was returned to its usual place in the centre of the altarpiece in the church of the Discalced Carmelites in Alba de Tormes. From the 11th to the 25th of May, more than 93,00...
Italy: Jubilee Celebration of the Carmelite Family in Rome
On the 2nd of June, the Order of Carmelites (OCarm) and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) celebrated their jubilee of the Holy Year together in Rome. At 3:45 pm, the two general councils began their pilgrimage to the Holy Door of ...
Brazil: Symposium on the centenary of the canonisation of St Therese
‘THERESE OF LISIEUX, MASTER OF HOPE’ was the theme of the symposium, which commemorated the centenary of the canonisation of St. Therese. The event took place from the 1st to the 4th of May 2025 at the Teresian Centre of ...
Italy: week of spirituality to celebrate the centenary of the canonisation of Little Flower
One hundred years after the canonisation of St Therese of the Child Jesus, the Semi-Province of Napoli promoted an intense week of spirituality at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Bari. The aim was to inspire people with the ‘Little Way’ and...
OCDS meeting of CICLA South
The OCDS members from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay met from 24-28 April for the OCDS meeting of CICLA South, which is held every three years. Paraguay hosted this year’s meeting, which had the theme “What I ask is lo...
Malawi: Canonical Erection of St John of the Cross OCDS community
On May 10, 2025, in the serene surroundings of Nyungwe, within the Archdiocese of Blantyre, the St John of the Cross OCDS community has been canonically erected. This milestone marks the culmination of a journey that began in 2007. Secular ...
