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His Eminence Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD has taken possession of the Title of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome
On December 3, 2017, our General Curia experienced the immense joy of celebrating the 25th anniversary of Fr. Saverio Cannistrà’s priestly ordination. Our confrères from the international college of the Teresianum and the community of St...
Discalced Carmelite Nuns meet in the CITeS
Nearly seventy Discalced Carmelite nuns from several Spanish and Portuguese monasteries met in Avila’s CITeS—University of Mysticism during the first days of November. The purpose of the meeting was to study and reflect on Pope Francis’ Apos...
“Building Peace: A challenge for Christianity and Islam” An Islamic-Christian encounter
The Islamic-Christian meeting entitled, “Building Peace,” was held November 17th through 19th of this year in the University of Mysticism of Ávila in collaboration with the Mufti of Byblos, Sheik Ghassan Lakkis; the Diocese of Ávila; and the...
Pastoral visit to North-east India
During his visit to the Province of South Kerala, Fr. Johannes Gorantla, Definitor General for South Asia, has visited the Vicariate of Koltaka, which includes nine Indian states, including those of Western Bengal and Sikkim. For the moment...
Tenth anniversary of the beatification
On 28th October, 2007, Cardinal Saraiva Martins beatified 498 martyrs who had died in Spain during the 20th century, in St. Peter’s Square. Among them were 32 Discalced Carmelites, including Fr. Eufrasio of the Child Je...
Congress on Bld. Marie-Eugene
On 26th October last, the Teresianum celebrated/held a congress on Bld. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, entitled: ‘Fr. Marie-Eugene, Mystic and Teacher’. After the welcome address, given by the President of the faculty, Fr. Denis C...
Jubilee celebration: 125 years of foundation at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Haifa – Israel
“Let us live on the holy mountain for the glory and honor of God” We sang the hymn of the jubilee with full voice to thank the Lord who, in his love and Providence, wanted and supported this presence throughout our history, desp...
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 ...
