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India: inauguration of the Juniors’ Course
The long-cherished dream of the Federation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was realized on March 1, 2025, with the inauguration of the Juniors’ Course at Kurnool Carmel, the Federal Formation House. Rev. Bishop Johannes Gorantla OCD presi...
Mexico: Mexico: Fraternal visit to the OCDS and the Confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
In February, Fr. Ramiro Casale, OCD, General Delegate for the OCDS, accompanied by the Provincial Delegate for the OCDS, Fr. Pedro Martínez Nogales, OCD, made a fraternal visitation to the communities of the Secular Order and the Confraternities ...
Siria: Message from the Carmelite Nuns of Aleppo – 11th March 2025
Dear friends, Many of you have asked for an update on the situation here, and we are very touched. The massacres that have taken place and continue to take place on the north-west coast of Syria, in the Alawite region where the former Presi...
Lebanon: Visit of the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
The Committee of Preparation for the visit of the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus held a press conference on Tuesday, 11th February 2025, at the Catholic Media Center, sponsored by Archbishop His Grace Antoine Nabil Al-Andari...
Official statement: Facial reconstruction of Saint Teresa of Jesus
28th March 2025 510th anniversary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus On 28 August 2024, in Alba de Tormes (Spain), the long process of identification and study of the mort...
Central Africa: 10th Meeting of the Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar
The annual meeting of Carmelite Superiors of francophone Africa and Madagascar was held at Bangui from the 20th to the 24th January. For the first time, our meeting took place at the delegation of Central Africa, now blessed ...
Portugal : 20th anniversary of the death of Sister Lucie
On 13th February, 2005, Sister Lucie of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died at the Carmel of Saint Teresa at Coimbra. She was 97 years old, having spent 57 of them at the Carmel, during her long pilgrimage on this earth. ...
Launching of the School-Laboratory of online formation for the OCDS of Italy
Friday 31st January, 2025, saw the beginning of the School-Laboratory of online formation for formators, both current and future, organized by the Interprovincial OCDS Coordination of Italy. During this first online meeting, more...
Italy: Meeting of European formators
From the 27th to the 31st January 2025, 38 directors met at Bocca di Magra, at the spiritual centre of the Ligurian Province. They came from 18 different European circumscriptions. : Austria, Italy, Malta, France, Spain, P...
Spain : Federal Meeting of Discalced Carmelites of Andalusia and Badajoz
From the 27th to the 31st January, the Sisters of the Federation of the ‘Virgin of Carmel’ of Andalusia and Badajoz held their 15th Meeting. We held it once again, facing the sea, in the ‘Santa Maria de Regla...
Italy: Father Saverio Cannistra named Archbishop Metropolitan of Pisa
On Friday, 6th February, the Holy Father named as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa Father Saverio Cannistra, OCD, former Prepositor General of Discalced Carmelites, and currently Vicar of the parish of Saint Pancras in Rome...
Germany : Closure of the Jubilee Year
On Saturday 14th December 2024, we closed out our double centenary of the convent and church of Sainte-Thérèse of Munich, with a solemn pontifical Mass presided over by our dear brother, Cardinal Anders Arborelius OCD, Bishop of Stock...
Philippine: Seminar-Workshop for Prioresses
The Philippine Federation of Discalced Carmelite Nuns organized a seminar-workshop for Prioresses from November 21 – 30, 2024 at the Carmelite Missionaries’ Center of Spirituality, Tagaytay city. The seminar-workshop aimed at empowering the Pr...
Wallis and Futuna: Foundation of the OCDS
A group of people who gathers at the Carmelite Nuns Monastery of St. Therese in Wallis and Futuna, after a period of prayer, study and discernment, began formally their formation to become OCDS. The ceremony of admission took place last December 1...
Senegal : 20 years of presence in Keur Mariama
With their celebration of St. John of the Cross, the Discalced Carmelites of Senegal gave thanks with their close friends for the 20 years since the creation of the site of Keur Mariama near Kaolack. The brothers arrived in Senegal in 2002, but...
