*Meeting of the Liturgy and Prayer Commission * The third meeting of the Liturgy and Prayer Commission was held online on 21st November 2020. (The Commission had held earlier online meetings in September and October.) The members of the Commission are Richard Byrne OCarm (General Councilor), President of the Commission, John Keating OCarm (Hib), Robert Manik OCarm (Indo), Sr. Nerina de Simone CMSTBG (Italy), Désiré Unen Alimange OCarm (Ita- Con) and Alexander Vella OCarm (Mel). Over the three meetings, the ...Continue Reading

 *ST. JOSEPH, PATRON OF CARMEL* A Letter from the Prior General, O.Carm. and Superior General, O.C.D. to the Carmelite Family on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. You can find the text of the document on the website of the Order: https://www.ocarm.org/enwww.ocarm.orghttp://www.facebook.com/ocarm.orghttps://twitter.com/ocarm_org------------------------------------------------------------------------*EL PATROCINIO DE SAN JOSÉ SOBRE EL CA ...Continue Reading

*A meeting of the Carmelite Youth Commission* The second Carmelite Youth Commission (2019-25) meeting via zoom was held on Thursday 26 November 2020. All the members of the Commission: Robert Thomas Puthussery (General Councillor), Éanna Ó hÓbain, O. Carm. (Hib) Fransiskus Xaverius Sulistija Heru Prabawa, O. Carm. (Indo), Iñigo Bermejo Batanero (Baet), Joyson George Pottackal, O. Carm. (Ind) and Luca Sciarelli, O. Carm. (Ita) were present. Éanna Ó hÓbain was unanimously e ...Continue Reading

 *VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT*     *Ortus**P. Temp.**P. Soll.**Ord.*     21-10-20*P. Franciscus Johannes M. Kutschruiter*,* *(Indo)  31-01-29  04-09-50  04-09-53  10-06-56  24-10-20*S**r. M. Eusebia Garcia Roque, *(SLC)  03-05-32  16-05-59  16-05-62    01-11-20*P. Sergius Brandehof, *(Neer)  29-08-26  14-10-48  14-10-51  11-07-54  19-11-20*P**. Peter Hinde,* (PCM)  21-06-23  15-08-48 & ...Continue Reading

*CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE**November 2020**Initium Novitiatus* 26-10-20 M. Mercedes Justo (BUR), Burgos, Pilipinas*Ordinatio Diaconalis* 07-11-20 Salvatore M. Asta (Ita), Trapani, Italia 14-11-20 Néstor Luis Prieto Suárez (Cat-Ven), Caracas, Venezuela*Ordinatio Sacerdotalis* 14-11-20 João Manuel Oliveira da Costa (Lus), Guimarães, Portugal 14-11-20 Herbert Nyamangwanda (Hib-Zim), Mutare, Zimbabwe 14-11-20 Paul Charidza (Hib-Zim), Mutare, Zimbabwe 14-11-20 Vitalis Chiromba (Hib-Zim), Mutare, Zim ...Continue Reading

 *Meetings of the Operational Unit for Reform of the Institutum Carmelitanum* The members of the Operational Unit for the Reform of the Institutum Carmelitanum met several times, through the zoom platform, during the months of September and November. The following members participated in the meetings, organized by the Procurator General, Fr. Michael Farrugia O.Carm., who is in charge of the Operational Unit: Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral (Baet), Fr. Giovanni Grosso (Ita) and Fr. Mario Alfarano (Naep). During ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Onteniente, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Onteniente, Spain, was held 27 November 2020. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Jesús Barahona Berzal, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. Margarita Medina Armas, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Gabriela Bordones Herrera, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Gabriela Bordones Herrera, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. M. Lourdes Font Font, O.Carm. Sacristan:  Sr. M. Margarita Medina ...Continue Reading

 *From the Office of the Postulator* On the 26th of September, 2020, the team of medical consultants appointed by the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, recognised, from the scientific point of view, the unexplainable nature of the cure of Fr. Michael Driscoll, O.Carm., attributed to the intercession of Blessed Titus Brandsma O.Carm. This is the first, fondamental stage in the process that leads to canonisation. We have now to wait for the next steps in the process, i.e.,  the special Congress of theo ...Continue Reading

*IV Edition of the Research Fellowship of the General Archives* Also this year the General Archives of the Carmelite Order have proposed the research grant dedicated to the memory of Fr. Emanuele Boaga. This fourth edition, despite the limitations due to the pandemic, saw the participation of nine scholars. Their projects were examined by a commission, chosen by the Archives, composed of expert representatives of the Institutum Carmelitanum and other Institutes of spirituality: Giovanni Grosso (Rome), Fernando Millan Ro ...Continue Reading

*A meeting of the General Commission for Coordination of the New Foundations* On October 16, 2020, the General Coordination Commission of New Foundations held an online meeting chaired by Luis Maza Subero, President of the Commission. Participants: Altamiro Tenorio da Paz, O.Carm. (Pern), Francisco Daza Valverde, O.Carm. (Baet), Carl Markelz, O.Carm. (PCM), Victor Alphonse Biramata, O.Carm. (Brun-Tanz), Joseph Hung Tran, O.Carm. (SEL-Viet) and Raúl Maraví, O.Carm. (PCM-Per), who helped with translations. D ...Continue Reading