News - CARMELITANI SCALZI
Indonesia: OCDS National Assembly
On October 17-20, The OCDS of Indonesia held a national assembly in Denpasar Bali, which was attended by 14 communities’ representatives from all over Indonesia. A total of 103 participants attended. The theme was “Obedience as the mai...
Sri Lanka: News from the OCDS
On October 12, 2024, the OCDS in Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo for a fraternal sharing. The OCDS in Sri Lanka was founded on November 24, 1974, at Corpus Christi Carmel monastery, Mattakkuliya in Colombo. During the meeting the OCDS discussed impo...
India: Fraternal Visit to the OCDS
During the months of October and November, Fr. Ramiro Casale, Delegate General for the OCDS, visited the Seculars of the Indian Provinces of Karnataka-Goa, Malabar, Manjummel, South Kerala and Tamilnadu. The meetings and activities were an excel...
National OCDS Meeting in Holland
On October 4, 2024, members of the OCDS communities of The Hague, Volendam, Nijnsel, Rotterdam and Sittard in Holland assembled at Sint Nicolaaskerk Church in Baarn, to reflect on the topic, “Do whatever He tells you to do.” Each one of the co...
Southern Brazil : Formation Meeting of the Federation of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel
From 11th to 17th November, 25 sisters from the 11 Carmels of the Federation of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel (Southern Brazil) met together at the Sao Joao da Cruz Spiritual Centre, in the town of Porto Alegre, to follow a cours...
Chile : VIIIth Meeting of CICLA-South, Brothers and Nuns
From 20th to 25th October, there was held the VIIIth Meeting of the CICLA-South, Brothers and Nuns. Participating were the Presidents, Delegates and Assistants of Federations and Associations, as well as the Prov...
Rome: Collegio internazionale San Giovanni della Croce
The Collegio internazionale has begun a new academic year. At the moment, there are 20 students from different circumscriptions of our Order: 2 students from Sri Lanka, 2 from Malawi, 3 from Madagascar, 2 from Nigeria, 1 from Indonesia, 1...
Karnataka-Goa Province: Carmel Fest 2024
From October 3rd to 6th, Carmel Fest 2024, a triennial event, brought together Carmelite students for four days of spiritual, athletic, and communal activities at Carmel Home and Mount Carmel School, Belur. The theme, “...
MEXICO: Meeting of OCD Religious in Formation
From the 13 to 16 September 2024, our CESP Centre of Spirituality in Guadalajara hosted the first of the two annual meetings of our OCD Religious in initial formation. The Discalced Carmelite Aspirants, Postulants, Philosophers and Theologi...
Second Noviciate of the French-speaking African Conference
From 2 July until 28 September 2024, the second Noviciate of the French-speaking Conference took place in the Commissariat of Madagascar. Friars coming from Nigeria, Madagascar, the Congo and Central African Republic were in attendance. T...
Viet Nam: 25th Anniversary of the Federation of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns
On September 21, 2024, at the Carmelite Monastery in Saigon, the Federation “Our Lady of Mount Carmel” offered a thanksgiving Mass for the 25th anniversary of the Federation’s establishment and expressed gratitude to the benef...
Meeting of the Discalced Carmelite Major Superiors of the East Asia Oceania (EAO)
The meeting of the Major Superiors of the EAO region took place at the Mount Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, Australia, from the 27th to the 29th of August 2024. This meeting gathered the Major Superiors and Councilors of ...
Austria: Jubilee celebration in Linz
On Sunday 15 September, we had a joyful celebration of a Pontifical Mass with Mons. Manfred Scheuer in the Carmelite Church of Linz, as a conclusion of the Jubilee years of Teresian Carmel’s presence in Austria. Numerous Brethren from Austria ...
Korea: 50th Anniversary of the arrival of Carmelites
On Saturday, 5 October 2024, a special Mass was celebrated in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Friars of the Discalced Carmelite Order in Korea. Under the slogan “A Mysterious Journey, 50 years of blessings, still b...
Quebec: Annual Retreat of the OCDS
The OCDS in Quebec held their annual retreat from 13 – 15th September at the Centre of Prayer in Trois-Rivieres, on the theme of “Who will lead me to happiness, with Teresa of Jesus”. The retreat was led by Fr Francois-Dominique Lam...
