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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...
Rereading our Constitutions
The commision set up by the General Definitory for the project of the rereading of the Constitutions, met in Rome from 24th – 28th June. The next meeting took place from 27th August – 5th...
Fr Silverio of Saint Teresa in Wikipedia
“Silverio of Saint Teresa is the religious name of Julián Gómez Fernández, a Discalced Carmelite friar, born in Escóbados de Arriba (Burgos), on the 8th of March 1875 and died in Mazatlán (Méxic...
KCBC media award to Dr. Fr. Augustine Mulloor ocd
Manjummel’s Provincial, Very Rev. Dr. Augustine Mulloor OCD received KCBC media commission’s Daarsanika Vynjnanika Award 2017 on 15th July 2018 at POC, Palarivattom. The award was presented by the famous Malayalam ac...
Floods in Kerala (India)
The disaster in the state of Kerala is due to enormous rainfall, long weeks of continuous rain, consequently, the landslide on the high mountainous areas and the filled reservoirs. In these past days, the rainfall has increased enormously all over...
