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Visit to our Communities in Haifa-Mount Carmel
His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, paid a recent visit to the Holy Land from the 16th to 21st October. The occasion was in celebration of 800 years of Franciscan presence there. On 18th Octo...
Return of Avignon-Aquitane Carmelites to Lyon
Our brethren of the Avignon-Aquitane Province have been in Lyon since 11th September 2017. In the past, the Order had a foundation there from 1619 to 1792. Then in 1859, on the advice of the Curé of Ars, Fr. Agustín Maria of theMost Blesse...
The General Curia present on a new social network: Instagram
In his desire to communicate the life and activities of the Order in general, and of the Curia in particular, the Secretary for communication opened a new account on Instagram, a social network created for the diffusion of photos and tiny videos. ...
The spiritual Magisterium of Pope Francis. A spirituality of joy and commitment: It is time to walk.
With the Eucharist celebrated on the 3rd of October by the Bishop of New Hamburg, Mons. Zeno Hastenteufel, was inaugurated the Spirituality Congress with the title: “The Spiritual Magisterium of Pope Francis, a spirituality of joy and...
Course for formators in India
Between the 25th of September and the 7th of October, an intensive course was held for formators of the Teresian Carmelite circumscriptions in India; attending were thirty-five Indian formators. The objective of the course wa...
Formation meeting in the Teresianum
From the 15th to the 23rd of last September, thirty-four Discalced nuns from the Regina Pacis and Mater Carmeli Associations of Italy met together in the Rome Teresianum to take part in a meeting specifically aimed at the for...
Reunion of the Middle Eastern Carmel
The annual meeting of the Middle Eastern Carmel recently took place with the participation of Discalced Carmelite nuns of that region (from the four monasteries of the Holy Land) as well as from Egypt (Faiyum) and Tangier (Morocco). The theme was ...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits the Bologna monastery
Our Discalced Carmelite sisters of Bologna, Italy, recount the historic visit: “During his recent stay in Bologna on the occasion of the closing celebrations of the Eucharistic Congress, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I kindly accepted ...
Diocesan Process opened for late Msgr. Aloysius Maria Benziger ocd
On 17 August the 75 th death anniversary of late Msgr. Aloysius Maria Benziger ocd (1864-1942) was celebrated at Trivandrum by the Province of Malabar in the presence of Cardinal Clemise, head of the Syro malancara church and the president of th...
Extraordinary Definitory, Ariccia (Rome)
As we have been reporting in detail on our Web page and social media, we held an Extraordinary Definitory in Ariccia, Rome, from August 29th to September 6th in the Pauline family’s “Divin Maestro” retreat house. The Definitory was di...
Discalced Carmelite Extraordinary Definitory: 5th September
The Extraordinary Definitory’s last day began with Lauds at 7:00 a.m. enlivened in Italian by the group from Central Europe. Participants went into the meeting room immediately after breakfast, where, after a few moments of prayer led by Father ...
Discalced Carmelite Extraordinary Definitory 4th September
After Sunday, the day of rest, we began work again following the Eucharist which was enlivened by the English speaking group with members from Europe, the United States, East Asia, and Australia. Father Jean Joseph Bergara, Procurator Gener...
Discalced Carmelite Extraordinary Definitory_ 2nd September
This Saturday, in which we commemorate our Mother and Sister, the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, our workday started with Lauds and the Eucharist enlivened by the French-speaking group. Father Fulgence Rakotondrazanany, Commissary of Madagascar, ...
Discalced Carmelite Extraordinary Definitory_1st September
On this day, liturgical feast of Saint Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart, the Italian group took charge of enlivening the Eucharist that began the day. Father Aldino Cazzago, Provincial of Venice and President of the Interprovincial Confere...
Discalced Carmelite Extraordinary Definitory_August 31st
Today’s liturgy was organized by the group from India. The Eucharist that opened the second day of our Extraordinary Definitory was presided over by Father Johannes Gorantla, General Definitor, specially in charge of South Asia. The morni...
