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The Philippines: Fraternal Visit and 9th OCDS National Congress
The OCDS in the Philippines has 44 communities divided in five regions: Visayas, Mindanao, North Luzon, South Luzon A and South Luzon B. Previous to the 9th OCDS National Congress that took place in Tagaytay from the 4th to t...
India: Centenary Celebration of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus at Sacred Heart Monastery
The Cloistered Carmel Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery, Kankanady, joyfully celebrated the Centenary of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus from September 28 to October 1, 2025. The celebration featured a special exhibition on the life of St. Thér...
Jubilee Song: One Voice, One Community
The Seminarium Missionum, the OCD specialisation community in Rome, has been designated by the General Definitory for the ongoing formation of Carmelite religious from all over the world, at licentiate and doctorate level. As part ...
Collegio internazionale San Giovanni della Croce
The historic and holy convent of Eremo di MonteVirginio, built in 1668, has been blessed to house our seven friars from five nationalities – Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Madagascar – from the OCD International College a...
India: Bible Symposium in Goa
The Karnataka-Goa Province, in collaboration with the Diocesan Centre for Biblical Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, organised a Bible Symposium at the Divine Springs Retreat Centre, Xellim-Loliem, from August 27 to 29. The sy...
Czech Republic: completion of work on the Discalced Carmelite monastery
The Carmelite monastery of St Joseph, founded in Prague in 1600, has changed location several times, mainly due to the hostile political situation in our country. The previous monastery was located in the centre of the capital, but because of exce...
USA: Carmelite Young Adult Day 2025
On Saturday, August 9, 2025, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower and the Discalced Carmelite family in San Antonio, Texas (USA) welcomed young adults from around Texas to Carmelite Young Adult Day. This annual event i...
Peru: Meeting of the OCDS communities
From 1 to 3 August 2025, a new edition of the Meeting of the OCDS communities was held in the Trujillo region, with the theme ‘Let us walk together, Lord’. More than 60 members of the Commissariat’s communities took par...
El Salvador: International Symposium ‘Trust Leads to Love’
From 18 to 22 August 2025, the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Retreat Centre in Vía del Mar, El Salvador, hosted the International Symposium ‘Trust Leads to Love’. Over 100 people from Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Sal...
CICLA South Meeting
From 30 June to 3 July 2025, our Santa Teresa Retreat Centre in La Plata (Argentina) hosted a meeting of the Major Superiors and their Councils from the Circumscriptions of the CICLA South (Province of Brazil South, General Delegation of Argentina...
Colombia: A Spiritual Memorial
The Provincial Animation Commission organised a spiritual concert entitled “Carmelite Music” in the church of Santa Teresita in Bogotá on 2 August 2025. The concert offered a space f...
Ukraine: Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the Shrine in Berdychiv
Thousands of pilgrims came with devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the national Shrine in Berdychiv from the 16th to the 20th of July 2025. The theme of this year’s celebrations in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was ‘Mother of God,...
First final profession in the OCDS in Senegal
During the great pilgrimage of the Carmelite family of Senegal to the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Sebikotane, near Dakar, on the solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mr And...
Novitiates
Second Novitiate of English-speaking Africa The second novitiate for English-speaking Africa in 2025 is taking place at the...
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...
