Celebrating at Home: We've All Met Them!XXX Sunday of Ordinary TimeWe’ve all met them: people who only seem to be able to bolster their self-image by putting everyone else down. We meet such a character in the Pharisee in the Gospel for this Sunday. Like the Pharisee in this week’s Gospel, we can sometimes see religion as a set of personal rituals, actions and prayers that cause us to think we have been faithful to God’s calling because we have done this or that.The background for the Gospel is set in the F ...Continue Reading

 New Province of East Indonesia Dedicates Church and Ordains 10 Members as PriestsOn October 14, 2025, the Bishop of Maumere, Mgr. Edwaldus Martinus Sedu, dedicated the parish church of Maria Kusuma Karmel Bu Nuaria parish. The following day, October 15, 2025, the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, 10 Carmelite deacons of the province were ordained to the priesthood.The Eastern Indonesia Province was created on March 25, 2025, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. It was placed under the patronage of St. ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*06-09-25  Maria Iuliana della Santa Famiglia  (CAR) Luncani, RomaniaORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS*15-10-25  Andrianus Bado Rema (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 15-10-25  Georgius Ture (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 15-10-25  Daniel Seti Hali Tolang (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 15-10-25  Patrisius Rato (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 15-10-25  Blasius Wege (Indo-Est) Maumere, ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Don't Give UpXXIX Sunday of Ordinary TimeJesus tells this story of a persistent widow who wins the day against an unjust judge. St Luke says that the story is “about the need to pray continually and never lose heart”.God is not like the unjust judge, who delays in answering and finally gives in only when threatened. God will hear and answer the persistent cry of his people. We, too, can be tempted to lose heart as we live in the midst of the evils of our own day.Read more ...  [*]C ...Continue Reading

  St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 15 | Feast From the “Works” of Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin       (“The Book of Life,” chapter 22, 6-7, 14)Let Us Always Remember the Love of ChristThose who have Christ Jesus as their friend and follow such a magnanimous captain as he certainly can endure anything; for Jesus helps and gives strength, never fails, and loves sincerely. In fact, I have always recognized and still see clearly that we cannot please God and rece ...Continue Reading

 Fr. Desiderio Garcìa, New Prior General of the Carmelites: "Our Origins Are Asian"In an interview with omnesmag.org, the recently elected prior general of the Carmelite Order, Fr. Desiderio García Martínez, gave insight into his vocation as a Carmelite and where he believes the Order is moving.Noting that the recent Carmelite General Chapter was held in Indonesia, the prior general remarked on the Carmelite Order’s origins being in the Holy Land. “We came from there, and now the Holy ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: An Invitation for AllXXVIII Sunday of Ordinary TimeA major theme in St Luke’s Gospel is that the message of Jesus is for all: men and women, rich and poor, old and young, healthy and sick, gentile and Jew. No one is excluded.It is no accident that the one grateful leper in this week’s Gospel is not a Jew but a Samaritan – an outsider, excluded by race, religion and his illness. He joins the others in asking a Jewish Rabbi for mercy.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - 28th Sunda ...Continue Reading

  Prior General Meets Apostolic Nuncio in IndonesiaThe Prior General, Desiderio García Martínez, met with His Excellency Monsignor Piero Pioppo, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in Indonesia and to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on September 27 in Jakarta, following the conclusion of our General Chapter (Malang, September 9-26, 2025). He was accompanied on the visit by Ignatius Budiono, O. Carm., and Stanislaus Lirmanjayasastra, O. Carm.Read more ... +  &nb ...Continue Reading

  From the General Chapter | September 9-26, 2025Discourse of the Prior General to the Members of the General Chapter at the Chapter's ClosingAt the conclusion of the Chapter, the members of the General Chapter gathered in the Hall to hear from the Prior General, Desiderio García Martínez, as he addressed the group on his reflections of the Chapter and the road ahead for the Order.In his message, Fr. Desiderio reflects on his role as a "service of love to God, to the Church, and to the Carme ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Does God Listen?XXVII Sunday of Ordinary Time“Are you listening, God?” That’s the cry of the prophet Habakkuk in the first reading for this Sunday. Everyone can resonate with the Habakkuk’s feelings of frustration and anger at the appalling injustice he witnesses. ‘Why is God so slow to act?’, he complains. God’s response to Habakkuk is a call to greater trust and faithfulness.The idea of faithfulness links the first reading with the today’s Gospel and the apostles asking Jesus to in ...Continue Reading