*CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE Februarius 2018* Professio Temporanea 25-02-18 Veronica De Simoni (BIE), Biella, Italia Professio Solemnis 25-01-18 Lilian Irima Muriuki (ZAR), Zaragoza, España Ordinatio Diaconalis 01-02-18 Claudius Nicholas Charles Virgenius (Indo), Malang, Indonesia 01-02-18 Fransiskus Xaverius Triprasetya (Indo), Malang, Indonesia 01-02-18 Henri Damian Sinaga (Indo), Malang, Indonesia 01-02-18 Dionisius Riza Aditya (Indo), Malang, Indonesia 10-02-18 Lazaro Jose Antonio (Pern-Moz), Matola, Moza ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 08-02-18 Sr. Willemien Wellenberg, (BOX) 30-03-22 09-01-48 09-01-51 11-02-18 P. Antonio Conti, (Ita) 29-07-32 13-10-51 02-01-55 06-07-58 13-02-18 P. Huub Bos, (Neer) 16-12-31 15-09-52 15-09-55 06-07-58 15-02-18 Sr. M. del Pilar Pérez Real, (UTR) 27-03-28 19-03-55 19-03-58 16-02-18 P. Petrus Thomas Gatt, (Mel) 05-07-29 05-10-47 08-10-50 18-09-54 17-02-18 Sr. M. Carmelinda Pinto Almeida, (BEJ ...Continue Reading

*Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Ostuni, Italy* The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Ostuni, Italy, was held 6-7 March 2018. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Daniela Denitto, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. Maria Andrisani, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Giuseppina Cardone, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:  Sr. M. Agnese Menolascina, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:  Sr. M. Bernardetta Spagnuolo, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Teresa Sisto, O.Carm. Treasurer:   ...Continue Reading

*Carmelite European Youth Committee Meets In Rome* The Carmelite European Youth Committee (CEYC) met at the Curia Generalizia in Rome from the 2nd to the 4th of March last. They evaluated the work of the committee these past three years and they are now preparing for the next meeting of the “Awakening” project. This will take place at Aylesford, England from the 15th to 18th August, 2019. Details of which will be communicated to the European provinces later this year. This will be the third “Awakening” project for Carm ...Continue Reading

A Meeting of Carmelites in Venezuela From the 25th of February to the 1st of March, some seventy Carmelites from the different sectors and groups that make up the Venezuelan Carmel met in the in the Convento San José in Mérida (Venezuela). The theme of the meeting was "La experiencia de Dios en tiempos difíciles... el sufrimiento como fábrica de santidad" (The Experiencie of God in Difficult Times- suffering as a workshop of holiness”, The meeting was directed by Fr. Javier Villega ...Continue Reading

News from the Office of the Postulator General Recently, on the 10th of February, in Mantua (Italy) a study-day on Blessed Baptist of Mantuawas held. Its title was, “Il carmelitano Battista Spagnoli ‘Virgilio cristiano’ per l’Europa dell’Umanesimo”. (The Carmelite Baptist Spagnoli, the “Christian Virgil” for the the Europe of the Humanists”). The Postulator General, Giovanna Brizzi, and  the Archivist General, Fr. Mario Alfarano, took part as speakers, and the afternoon session was chaired by Fr. Giovanni Grosso, ...Continue Reading

*Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Villalba del Alcor, Spain* The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Villalba del Alcor, Spain, was held 21 February 2018. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. del Pilar Martín Gómez, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. del Mar Domínguez Castizo , O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. del Carmen del Toro Medina, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:  Sr. M. Consuelo Pérez García, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:  Sr. M. Inés de ...Continue Reading

*Activities of the Prior General* On the 27th of November, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., delivered a lecture to the “Fundació Balmesiana” in Barcelona on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Fr. Bartolomé F.M. Xiberta, O.Carm. In the gathering there was, among others, Fr. Luiz Maza O.Carm, the Prior Provincial of the Province of Catalonia, and Don Josep Maria Manresa, an expert in the ecclesiology of Xiberta. He gave a lecture on "Xiberta, Man of Faith&qu ...Continue Reading

*Process for the canonization of Blessed Tius Brandsma* Yesterday, the 6th of February, in the presence of the Prior General of our Order, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral O. Carm., of the Postulator General, Dr. Giovanna Brizi, the General Councilors for Europe and Asia (John Keating, O.Carm and Benny Phang Khong Wing, O.Carm.) and Fr. Ton Van der Gulik, O.Carm., representing the Dutch Province, the opening of the documents of inquiry regarding the alleged miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Tito Brand ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 24-12-17 Sr. M. Elisabetta Lombardi, (CER) 24-09-22 09-11-95 02-02-99 08-01-18 P. Jesús Albaladejo Conesa, (ACV) 04-06-38 15-08-56 02-10-60 14-07-63 08-01-18 Sr. Pauline Meijer, (ZEN) 30-09-36 25-01-63 25-01-66 26-01-18 P. Silvan Boyle, (PCM) 10-06-23 15-08-42 07-10-45 08-06-48 01-02-18 P. Valentine Boyle, (PCM) 29-06-20 15-08-40 15-08-43 11-06-46 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ ...Continue Reading