Electronic newsletter for the Lay Carmelites With joy and fraternity we offer you a new edition of E-Bulletin for the Carmelite Laity. This time around, you will find some testimonies from people who have come closer to God through the Carmelite spirituality that we offer in our various groups and institutions. Likewise, we will read the news of the re-foundation of the Third Order in Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil, where this group had almost disappeared, and was reborn due to the interest of the local bishop and th ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 14-10-15 P. Ferdinando Sorrentino, (Brun) 14-03-23 01-11-39 05-03-44 05-03-47 21-10-15 Sr. M. Mercedes Toribio Escobar, (COR) 30-05-26 24-05-64 24-05-67 09-11-15 P. Daniel Carroll, (PCM) 06-04-34 26-08-54 26-08-57 28-05-60 15-11-15 Sr. M. Pilar Ruiz Martínez, (Cam) 29-11-30 12-10-54 12-10-57 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Triennial Bursar's Meeting From 4-7 November 2015, a total of 50 bursars from each province, commissariat, and delegation, gathered in Fatima, Portugal, at Hotel Casa Sao Nuno, for the Triennial Bursar's Meeting. This included 12 lay people who also work and collaborate in this ministry in their given provinces. The Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., opened the meeting with a talk pertaining to some issues on the economy of our Order and thanked the bursars for their participation. He also preside ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General On the 22nd of October, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. presided at the launch of the book by Ismael Martinez, O.Carm. on the history of the Carmelites in Granada. The book-launch took place in the city hall (a former Carmelite house, before the confiscation in 1836). Those in attendance included the prior provincial of the Bética province, Fr. Francisco Daza Valverde, O.Carm., various other Carmelites and members of the public. Before taking part in th ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE October 2015 Initium Novitiatus 01-10-15 Eduar Junior González Landino (Baet-Ven), Salamanca, España 01-10-15 Anthony Delvis Flores Vanegas (Baet-Ven), Salamanca, España 20-10-15 Roudelin Étienne (ACV-Ant), Salamanca, España 20-10-15 Nelson Antonio Torres Bonifacio (ACV-Ant), Salamanca, España 20-10-15 Étienne Julien (ACV-Ant), Salamanca, España 20-10-15 Robert Batista Ferreras (ACV-Ant), Salamanca, España Professio Solemnis 03 ...Continue Reading

The 4th ALACAR Congress in San Salvador Recently, from the 26th to the 32st of October, the 4th Congress of the Association of Latin American Carmelites (ALACAR) took place at the retreat house of the Sagrado Corazón de Cantón Ayagualo (La Libertad, El Salvador). This gathering is held every three years. Up to now it has been held in Lima (Peru) in 2006, in Villa Leiva (Colombia) in 2009, and in Sao Paolo (Brazil) in 2012. On this occasion, there were 130 participants, including friars, both O.Carm. and ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Zenderen, The Netherlands The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Zenderen, The Netherlands, was held 20 October 2015. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. Thérèse Neppelenbroek, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. Josephine de Jong, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Bernarda Weersink, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. Thérèse Neppelenbroek, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. Josephine de Jong, O.Carm. Sacristan:  Sr. Be ...Continue Reading

The Closing of St. Teresa’s Centenary On the 15th of October, the feast of St. Teresa, a solemn Eucharist was celebrated in Avila to mark the closing of the 5th Centenary of the birth of the Carmelite saint. The Archbishop of Valladolid and President of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, Ricardo Blásquez, led the celebration, with many bishops and priests concelebrating. The concelebrants included the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., and the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Paranavaí, Brazil The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Paranavaí, Brazil, was held 10 October 2015. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. Derly de Paula Moreira, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. Edna Maria Lopes de Sousa, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Maria do Carmo da Conceição , O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. Edna Maria Lopes de Sousa, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. Edna Maria Lopes de Sousa, O.Carm. Sacrist ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 29-09-15 Fr. Vittorio Zadro, (Ita) 14-11-23 03-10-59 08-12-62 30-09-15 P. Paolo La Gioia, (Neap) 21-01-37 15-10-55 15-10-58 08-07-61 02-10-15 P. Antonius M. Kristiyanto Gunawan, (Indo) 27-12-53 15-01-76 18-01-81 07-02-82 04-10-15 P. Pablo M. Garrido Herrero, (ACV) 04-10-29 08-09-46 15-10-50 04-04-53 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading