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A new translation of St John of the Cross
Recently, a new translation of the Works of St John of the Cross has been published in Italian, using as its basis the Spanish edition published by Editorial de Espiritualidad (EDE). This edition offers a good critical apparatus, as well as...
Discalced Carmel in Mexico
A book with the title “La presencia de la orden del Carmen descalzo en la Nueva España” [“The presence of the Discalced Carmelite Order in New Spain”], has been published in Mexico concerning our order and the figure of Teresa of ...
50 years since St Teresa’s doctorate
The 27th of September this year marked the 50th anniversary of St Teresa’s declaration as a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. On this website is available the Apostolic Letter containing the declaration, in Italian,...
Fr José Luis Ureta, ocd
Recently, on the 4th of September, Fr José Luis Ureta, a Discalced Carmelite from the Navarre Province, died in Bilbao. Even though limited by illness in recent years of his life, he always put his experience, wisdom and knowledge in Law and Econ...
Stella Maris
Dear brothers, sisters, friends, We inform you that from our website carmelholylanddco.org in a testing phase you can watch 24/24 in streaming the central altar of our Basilica of Stella Maris and pray an...
Writings of Santa Teresa of the Andes
To mark the first centenary of the death of St. Teresa of the Andes, the Discalced Carmelites of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit of the Andes are making available a website with the Saint’s complete, original writings. This community, lo...
Exceptional Woman. Fifty years of the Doctorate of Santa Teresa of Jesus
The 50th Anniversary of the Doctorate of Santa Teresa of Jesus will be celebrated on September 27, 2020. In commemoration, the Bishopric of Avila, the Discalced Carmelites, and the Catholic University of Avila (UCAV), along with colla...
Commissariat of San José del Congo
Our Order’s presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo – or Congo Brazzaville – is an impassioned history that spans more than 50 years and that now reaches a new milestone with the creation of the Commissaria...
CAUTION, CAUTION, CAUTION! Cybercriminals: don’t be a victim!
In recently, cybercriminals have contacted many of our brothers and sisters. Introducing themselves as Father Luis Arostogui Gamboa, they contact their victims to offer them financial assistance for various reasons (depending on the case). They us...
Reminiscences of Fr. Jerónimo Gracián
An article in the Spanish Biographical Dictionary (of the Spanish Royal Academy of History) reminds us that Fr. Jerónimo Gracián’s 475th birth anniversary (b. June 6, 1545) was celebrated this past June. The article, written by Fr. Jo...
New Deacons
The convent of The Saint (the family home of St. Teresa of Jesus) in Avila, Spain, was the location of the ordination to the diaconate of Avila’s native son, Luís Carlos Muñoz on Saturday, June 27. The same day in Lebanon, our brothers ...
Living Flame of Love Congress in the CITeS
Living Flame of Love, the title of one of the most well-known works of St. John of the Cross, is also the name of the International Congress of the International Center of Teresian San Juanista (CITeS), University of the Mystic, organized...
Message of John Paul II to the Carmelite family (2001)
Therefore two truths are evoked by the sign of the Scapular: on the one hand, the constant protection of the Blessed Virgin, not only on life’s journey, but also at the moment of passing into the fullness of eternal glory; on the other, th...