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Meeting of European Provincials in Egypt
The annual meeting of European Provincials took place from the 22nd to the 26th of this past October. The General Delegation of Egypt hosted the meeting this time. The objective of the meeting, besides understanding the actual state of that...
OCDS Provincial Meeting: Commissariat of Sicily
Father Agustí Borrell, OCD, Vicar General, held a conference on September 23, 2018, in Mount Carmel – Loco Monaco, Sicily, for the Secular Order. It was titled, “The Beatitudes: Day-to-day holiness by the light of Gaudete et Exultate.” Part...
The Congress of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites of Canada
From 5th-7th October, 2018, the Secular Carmel of Canada, which is part of the Province of Malta gathered together for their 8th Congress, where some members from the delegation of western Canada were also present....
Course for the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Association ─South Brasil
From the 21st to the 28th of September 2018, the Carmelite nuns of the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Association ─South Brasil─ gathered together in the St John of the Cross House of Prayer in Porto Alegre, to take part in a cour...
Jubilee Celebrations
Recently, on the 3rd of October, Fr François Marie Lethel, from the Paris Province, celebrated his golden jubilee of profession, accompanied by the friars of the community of the St John of the Cross International college, together with numerous ...
Teresian publication in English: St Teresa of Ávila Her Writings and Life
Edited by Terence O’Reilly, Colin Thompson and Lesley Twomey At a time when women were effectively silenced in church, St Teresa of Ávila (1515-82) represents an extraordinary exception. Early struggles with...
The Teresian Jubilee Year finishes in Avila and Alba de Tormes
There has come to an end the first Teresian jubilee year granted by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to Avila and Alba de Tormes, on the condition that the feast of St Teresa of Jesus be celebrated on Sunday. In Avila, between the novena and ...
OCDS spiritual exercises in the Province of Venice
We share the pleasing news of the spiritual exercises undetaken by members of the Secular Order from the Province of Venice, which on this occasion were enriched by the presence of the urn containing the relics of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. It ...
A course of spiritual exercises to commemorate the anniversary of the foundation of Duruelo
The Commissariat of Sicily wished to remember the 450 years of the founding of the Duruelo monastery by celebrating a course of spiritual exercises for religious and laity in the Spirituality House of the Villasmundo Carmel. The title of the exerc...
Forum on Spiritual Theology in the Teresianum
The VIIth FORUM for professors of Spiritual Theology in Italy took place from 13th-15th September entitled ‘Doing Spiritual Theology from the reading of the texts’. More than thirty professors, both men and wom...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in China
The COMMUNICATIONES number 257 (05/08/2014) included some errors about the foundation of the Hong Kong Carmel in China. Specifically, the monastery of Hong Kong was officially founded in 1937 (not in 1923) and from then until today the Disc...
The Italian feminine Discalced Carmel with the Fr. General in Rome
From 14th-16th September, the municipality of Sacrofarno near Rome (Italy) was the scene of an encounter between the Fr. General and a good number of Mother superiors of Italian Discalced Carmelite nuns in Italy. Although the...
The Discalced Carmelite Nuns’ Federation of St Joseph of Guadalupe in Mexico celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its Canonical Foundation
On the 24th of September, began the activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the federation of the Mexican Discalced Carmelite nuns, with a Eucharistic celebration at which presided our Father General, Fr. Saver...
Gathering of Discalced Carmelite nuns in the Teresianum
More than thirty Discalced Carmelite nuns in charge of formation and superiors of their communities met between 7th-13th September last in the Teresianum in Rome. During the encounter, the nuns who took part attended two cour...
Encounter of OCD students in Fatima, 22nd – 24th August
As has become a tradition, every three years, there is a european encounter for OCD students in a European country. This year the place chosen was Fatima, where we reflected on the Marian spirituality of Carmel for three days. A tota...
