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Father General visits Latin America
On Saturday, January 7th, Father General left Rome heading for São Paulo, Brazil, to participate in the Chapter of the Province of Southeastern Brazil. The Chapter was celebrated from January 9th through 13th in São Roque. He was also able to me...
Death of Fr Giuseppe Caviglia, ocd
Recently, on the 16th January, Fr Giuseppe (Francisco) Caviglia, Discalced Carmelite, died in the San Vito hospital of Turin. He was a member of the Saint Teresa community in the same city. He had been suffering from a grave tumor of th...
Letter from our nuns in Aleppo
As you can imagine, it was with great joy that the General Curia received a letter sent to Fr General on 21st December from our nuns in Aleppo. We published the complete letter in French and Spanish on our social networks on the 27...
New Discalced Carmelite Bishop
On 20th December, 2016, Pope Francis appointed as Bishop of the Lismore diocese, in Australia, our brother Fr Gregory Homeming who, since 2014, has been Regional Vicar of that area of jurisdiction, which is dependent on the Anglo-Irish ...
A new community in Egypt
The General Delegation of Egypt has established a new presence in Alexandria, that city which resonates so much in Christian history. Present in Egypt for 90 years, the Teresian Carmel is exploring new growth because of the vocations the Lo...
The East Timor mission moves forward
On December 10, 2016, the Father General of the Order, Saverio Cannistrà, granted official permission to begin the foundation of a new mission of Discalced Carmelite friars in East Timor. Fathers Noé Martins and Antonio Gonzalez, ocd, have been ...
OCD-OCarm Meeting on Mount Carmel
From 27th November to 2nd December 2016, the Superiors General of the Carmelites, Fr Fernando Millán O.Carm. and Fr Saverio Cannistrà OCD, together with the General Definitors or Councillors of both religious Orders, met to...
Visit to Secular Carmel in Venezuela
From the 2nd to the 20th November 2016, the Delegate General for Secular Carmel carried out a fraternal visit to the communities of Secular Carmel in Venezuela and other lay groups inspired by Carmelite spirituality, as well ...
Meeting of the European Conference of Provincials
Between the 7th and 11th November the European Conference of Provincials met in Linz, Austria. Taking part at the meeting were the Major Superiors of the various European areas of jurisdiction together with Fr Agustí Borrell...
Two congresses on Elizabeth of the Trinity
November was marked by some unforgettable events of the Teresian Carmel. If on the 19th November, in Avignon, Fr Marie Eugene was beatified in a massive ceremony at which attended Fr General accompanied by a good number of religious, th...
General Chapter of the Teresian Carmelite Missionary Sisters
The Teresian Carmelite Missionary Sisters, gathered together for their General Chapter in Madrid, on last October 29th elected as General for the 2016 – 2022 sexennium, Sr María José Gay Miguel, a Spaniard born in Zaragoza on 2...
Archives of the Discalced Carmelite Friars of Catalonia-Balearic Islands on FACEBOOK
The archives of the old St Joseph Province of the Discalced Carmelites of Catalonia – Balearic Islands, now integrated into the Iberian Province, has opened a page on Facebook, for the purpose of making known the history and cultural backgro...
Earthquake in Italy: the nuns in Tolentino temporarily abandon their convent
On 30th October, we learnt, through social networks, of the damage wrought in some Discalced Carmelite convents by the powerful earthquake, which took place at 7:41 a.m. the same day. Three communities in particular suffered the ...
Carmelite sisters in Aleppo
On 22nd October, a distressing picture spread through social and communication media: a missile had fallen into the kitchen garden of the Discalced Carmelites of Aleppo in Syria, although it did not explode, thanks be to God. Whe...
A life of devotion to Africa
Marcellino Forcellini (6th December, 1930 – 23rd November, 2016), was born in Paris, but was a citizen of the Republic of San Marino, being the only Carmelite to hail from this tiny independent state. His country awarde...
