Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Osuna, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Osuna, Spain, was held 24 February 2015. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. del Amor Gómez Martín, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. del Carmen Donado Sevilla, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. del Patrocinio de la Cruz Fernandez, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. del Patrocinio de la Cruz Fernandez , O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. M. del Carmen Donado Sevilla, O.Carm. Sacr ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Caudete, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Caudete, Spain, was held 17 February 2015. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. Estela Santos Torres, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. Josefina Marco Navarro, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Rosario Sivó Medina, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. Josefina Marco Navarro, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. Elena Ballester Ballester, O.Carm. Sacristan:   Sr. Cristina Conejero Rodr& ...Continue Reading

A Meeting of the Leaders and the Bursars of the Americas From the 9th to the 13th of February, 2015, the Provincials, Commissaries, Bursars and Delegates of the Americas met in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The meeting was led by Raul Maravi, O.Carm. Councillor General, and Carl Markelz, O.Carm. Bursar General. This meeting was an occasion for the participants to share their information in various areas: number of friars, initial formation, ministries, missions and local economy.  As well as that, the group spoke about the ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 22-01-15 P. Rudolf van Dijk, (Neer) 14-12-35 10-09-56 10-09-59 09-07-61 13-02-15 Sr. Celina Teresa Bertucci, (RAV) 14-02-25 02-07-60 08-09-63 13-02-15 P. Carolus Borromeus Tribeno Yuwono, (Indo) 04-11-55 21-07-79 16-07-84 21-11-97 14-02-15 P. Tiziano Ballarin (Ita) 11-09-25 07-08-43 04-05-47 24-09-49 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

A Meeting of African Carmelite Leaders and Formators A meeting of African Carmelite leaders and formators took place from the 22nd January 2015 to the 26th January 2015, at the spiritual centre of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meeting began with the assessment of the hopes and expectations of the brothers, and by reflecting on issues of methodology, group dynamics and timetable. Three major presentations were given at the meeting one b ...Continue Reading

Course in English Language at Aylesford:  1st July - 31th July 2015 The British Province and the Aylesford Community are pleased to announce that following the success of the English Summer School in 2014, a second course will be run from 1 to 31 July, 2015. In the first instance, the course is limited to friars. Participants should already have studied English at a basic level. The course will include many opportunities for practicing English, as well as classes with instructors. Please contact Kevin Alban O.Carm ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Ianuarius 2015 Initium Novitiatus 17-01-15 Luciano Santos de Araújo (Pern), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 17-01-15 Renan Luiz dos Santos (Pern), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 17-01-15 Luiz Filipe da Cruz (Par), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 17-01-15 Ítalo César Marques Costa (Flum), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 17-01-15 Paulo Henrique Rodrigues Piva (Flum), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 17-01-15 Paulo de Lima Zambini (Flum), Belo Horizonte, Brasil 18-01-15 Mildred María Rivera (TRU), Trujillo Al ...Continue Reading

The Bibliotheca Carmelitana Nova Website The website of the Bibliotheca Carmelitana Nova is now open on the internet. The project was organised by the Institutum Carmelitanum in conjunction with the FOVOG (Forschungsstelle fur Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte), an institute that is part of the University of Dresden, Germany, specialising in comparative studies of religious orders. Its purpose is to gather information and put it on the internet: in this case, the biographical, archivistic and bibliographic data regarding ...Continue Reading

The Central Committee of the Institutum Carmelitanum held its first meeting The newly constituted Central Committee of the Institutum Carmelitanum held its first meeting January 26-29 at CISA in Rome.  President Michael Plattig (Ger) welcomed several new members: Rivaldave Paz Torquato (Par), Rico Ponce (Phil), Sr. Anastasia Cucca (RAV), and Edeltraud Klueting (TOC Germany).  Returning members included Giovanni Grosso (Ita), Ton van der Gulik (Neer), and Leopold Glueckert (PCM).  The Curia liaison Conrad ...Continue Reading

Fr. Bruno Secondin, O.Carm. invited to preach the retreat for the Pope and the Curia “Servants and Prophets of the Living God” is the theme of the retreat scheduled for the 22nd to the 27th of February which Pope Francis will attend along with the members of the Roman Curia. The retreat will be held at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia on the outskirts of Rome. The meditations which will offer a pastoral Reading of the prophet Elijah, will be led by the Carmelite Fr. Bruno Secondin, O.Carm. (from the Osservatore Romano ...Continue Reading