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9 August 2016

Discalced Carmelite of Aleppo

“Help us! We are being bombed, but we will not abandon the people who are suffering”. With this striking title, the English edition of ZENIT on 4th August gave us an interview with our Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Aleppo. Six ...

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1 August 2016

Death of His Excellency, Nándor Takács, Discalced Carmelite Bishop

On July 11th, Bishop Nándor Takács, Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and Discalced Carmelite, was born to eternal life. Born in the heart of a peasant family in the small Hungarian village of Rábacsanak, he completed his no...

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1 August 2016

Carmelite Youth Day in Czerna

As planned, youth of the Carmelite family from all over the world who arrived in Krakow to participate in WYD with Pope Francis, gathered in our convent in Czerna on July 27th, the eve of the event, to celebrate the third Carmelite Youth Day. ...

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1 August 2016

Father Oswaldo E. Escobar Aguilar, new Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Pope Francis appointed Father Oswaldo Escobar, ocd, as the new Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador). Born on May 20, 1968, near the diocese of which he is now bishop, he entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites and made his solemn professi...

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10 July 2016

Meetings concerning the Constitutions

Teresian Carmelites from seven provinces of India met together in the Kothagiri House of Prayer in Tamil Nadu. The meeting was called by Fr Johannes Gorantla, Definitor General, to reflect upon our Constitutions, within the process of rereading th...

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10 July 2016

Agreement between CITeS and the Anaya S.A. Group

The University of Mysticism recently signed a framework agreement with the Anaya S.A. Group for the purpose of training teachers and educators in the field of the interior life. For this purpose, beginning with the academic 2016-2017 cour...

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10 July 2016

Visit to Nigeria by the Delegate General for the OCDS

From the 26th April to the 8th of May, Fr Alzinir Debastiani, Delegate General for the OCDS, made a fraternal visit to the eight OCDS communities in Nigeria, as well as to the numerous confraternities of the Child Jesus of Pr...

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10 July 2016

Formation of the Carmelite nuns and the centre of the Order

Paying attention to the petition made by our Carmelite sisters during the 2015 Avila General Chapter, in which they were present on May 19 and 20, the center of the Order is in the process of reflecting on the formation of the Discalced Carmelite ...

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10 July 2016

Fr Albert Wach, new Rector of the Teresianum Community

In its June meeting, the Definitory General appointed as Rector (Superior) of the Teresianum Community Fr Albert Wach, ocd, from the Krakow Province. This appointment will come into effect after the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Zdenko Kricic and ...

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10 July 2016

Conference by Fr Saverio to the Union of Superiors General (USG)

  As those who frequent our social networks already know, during the 87th monthly Assembly of Superiors General, which took place at the end of last May, Fr Saverio Cannistrà, our Superior General, gave a conference with th...

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13 June 2016

Definitory Meeting

From June 6 to 11, 2016, there took place the fifth meeting of the Definitory in this sexennium. At the end of the meeting, as is customary, our Major Superiors sent a letter in which we are told of what happened in their meeting: ...

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12 June 2016

Letter from the OCarm and OCD Generals

On 11th June 2016, the Prior General of the Order of Carmel, Fr Fernando Millán and our Father General, Fr Saverio Cannistrà, sent a joint letter to the whole family of Carmel. Its title is inspired by a quotation from Holy Mother Ter...

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