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Father Silverio of Saint Teresa, Discalced Carmelite March 8, 1878
(Escóbados de Arriba, Burgos, Spain) – March 10, 1954 (Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico) Father Silverio, of the Gómez-Fernández family, was born in the village of Escóbados de Arriba on the high plain of Sedano, south of t...
Fr. Silverio of St. Teresa
On 8th March, it was 140 years since the birth in Escóbados de Arriba (Burgos, Spain) of Fr. Silverio of St. Teresa, known in the world as Julián Gómez Fernández. ...
Ordinations to the diaconate
On Saturday, 10th March, the community of the International School Saint John of the Cross, part of the Teresianum in Rome, celebrated with great joy, the ordination to the diaconate of four of its members: Fr. Arockiaraja Visanthi (P...
Fr. Saverio at the Teresianum community’s Feast day
While Fr. Antoine-Marie Zacharie Igirukwayo was Superior of the Teresianum, the Teresianum community decided a few years ago to celebrate its feast day on 12th March, anniversary of the canonisation of St. Teresa of Jesus. This y...
The death of the sculptor Venancio Blanco
It is very likely that the name of this artist will mean very little to most people. Nonetheless, there would be very few Discalced Carmelites who have not seen (at least in photographs) one of the sculptures dedicated to St. Teresa of Jesus by Ve...
Review of constitutions. Italian OCD meeting
A meeting of OCD Friars of the Italian Circumscriptions took place from 19 to 21 February in the “Santa Maria Annunziata” Spirituality Centre in Maddaloni of the Neapolitan Province. It was organized by the OCD Major Superiors of the Italian...
OCDS Provincial meeting in Bari and Maddaloni
The OCDS Communities of the Naples Province held two Provincial meetings in Bari (27-28 January) and in Maddaloni (3-4 February). They discussed their Constitutions under the headings: “Divine Call, Life-Long Commitment and Continuing Fideli...
News from the Timor mission
Recently, on the 31st of January, there arrived in East Timor the last of the missionaries who, for the moment, will be incorporated into this Young Teresian Carmel presence. It is Fr Nuno, a Discalced Carmelite, born in this country, w...
A belated Christmas – and dreams as big as trees
Newsletter from the Carmel in Bangui, 20 –22 January 2018 Where does it say that we always have to celebrate Christmas on 25 December? On the calendar naturally, as my more observant readers will tell me. You are righ...
Indian nuns with Fr. General and the Definitor
On 3rd February, Eucharistic was celebrated by Fr. General and the Definitor along with all the provincials and all the Prioresses of Indian Carmel and the office bearers of the three associations in India. Our sisters gathered at Hyder...
IPCI General Assembly in India
On 2nd February, Fr. General and the definitor in charge of India met with the IPCI General Assembly consisting of 7 Provincials and one of their councillors, 3 Regional vicars and two provincial delegates. The primary objective was to ...
Meeting of European formators
Recently, between the 29th of January and the 2nd of February, a meeting of Discalced Carmelite formators took place. This year it was celebrated at the Teresianum in Rome. Its central topic was: “The world of the youth of ...
Saint John of the Cross in Egypt
Father Eduardo Sanz de Miguel, Discalced Carmelite of the Iberian Province (Spain), delivered a series of conferences on Saint John of the Cross in the Shrine of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Hadayek Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt) during the last we...
Extended Provincial Council for the OCDS province “FRANCE-SUD”
“An extended provincial council meeting took place from January 12th to 15th with the participation of the OCDS Delegate General and the OCDS Provincial Delegate of the France-Sud province, fr. Jean Sebastien. The chosen location was the convent...
Father Silvano Giordano, consultor to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints
On January 13th, Holy Father Francis appointed Father Silvano Giordano, Discalced Carmelite, as a consultor to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Father Silvano is from the Province of Genoa, has a doctorate in ecclesiastical hi...
