Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Peru (PCM) During the Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Peru (PCM) held on 20-23 January 2015 were elected: Commissary Provincial:  Fr. Miguel Bacigalupo, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Gerald Payea, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Eduardo Rivero, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asamblea del Comisariado Provincial del Perú (PCM) Durante la Asamb ...Continue Reading

Electronic newsletter for the Lay Carmelites We are pleased to present the second bulletin for the Lay Carmelites. This time we share different activities and initiatives of our laity and youth in various parts of the world. We keep the hope that all this will continue to consolidate us as a great international Carmelite Family. In this issue, we continue our reflection on the figure of St. Albert of Jerusalem, Lawgiver of the Carmelite Order, whose eighth centenary of death we celebrated throughout 2014 and that ended ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 08-01-15 Sr. M. Angelica Domenici, (FIR) 18-12-24 07-01-51 10-01-54 13-01-15 Sr. Martha Haafkes, (ZEN) 16-10-32 18-07-57 18-07-60 16-01-15 P. Juan Evangelista Ortíz Pérez, (ACV) 23-10-23 08-09-42 08-09-45 27-06-48 19-01-14 Sr. M. Carmela Conserva, (OST) 10-11-34 23-01-59 13-11-69 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Air Asia crash On December 28, 2014, Air Asia flight no. QZ8501 from Juanda - Surabaya to Changi - Singapore crashed in the sea of Pangkalan Bun – Borneo. 157 passengers and crew members are believed to have been lost. Among them one were a student and 4 alumni of St. Albert High School in Malang – Indonesia. There were also two families among the victims who were parishioners of our parishes, one in the parish of St. Andrew, Malang, and the other in the parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Probolinggo/Kraksaan. We send o ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 31-12-14 P. Juan de la Cruz Alamillos Medina (Baet) 14-09-43 24-09-61 26-09-64 16-07-69 02-01-15 P. Gregory Battafarano, (PCM) 08-09-40 15-08-61 15-08-64 14-09-67 02-01-15 Sr. Purificación Muñoz Aranda, (ANT) 16-08-22 15-10-42 15-10-49 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE December 2014 Initium Novitiatus 14-12-14 Luis Mendonça Maia (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-14 Luis Baptista (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-14 Estevão Mendonça De Jesus (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-14 Estevão De Deus Gomes (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-14 Francisco Xavirius Vieira Martins (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste Professio Temporanea 08-12-14 M. João Paulo Nthuku (MON), Moncorvo, Portugal Professio Solemnis 13-12-14 Jean Alves de Oliveira (Per), ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General On the 11th of December the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., presided at the book launch in St. Albert’s International Centre in Rome of the work by Don Giorgio Copertino, titled, “Interiorità e responsabilità: un Itinerario a Dio tra Husserl, Stein e Levinas” (Interiority and Responsibility: a journey to God with Husserl, Stein and Levinas), published by Edizioni Carmelitane. The speakers at this event were  Professors Angela Ales Bello, Emilio ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 11-12-14 P. Alan Fitzpatrick, (Hib) 25-01-30 10-10-48 15-10-51 11-07-54 15-12-14 P. Lluís Gratacós i Busquet, (Cat) 03-10-23 24-09-43 29-09-46 04-07-48 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The Carmelitane delle Grazie and the Carmelitane di Nostra Signora del Carmelobecomeone. With a decree dated the 21st of November, 2014, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life established the fusion of the SuoreCarmelitanedelle Grazie (SCG) and the sisters of the Istituto di Nostra Signora del Carmelo (INSC).  The Carmelitanedelle Grazie was the most ancient affiliate of the Order. They were founded in 1724 in Bologna by the Venerable MaddalenaMazzoni. To celebrate the ...Continue Reading

A Letter to Mark the First Anniversary of the Beatification of Our Martyrs On the occasion of the first anniversary of the beatification of the ten martyrs of the Betica Province (Carmelo Moyano and companions) and the nine martyrs of the Province of Castile (Alberto Maria Marco y Aleman and companions), the Prior General, Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm. has written a letter to the whole Carmelite family, with the title, “Thank you for the martyrs that you have given to the church”. This expression is contained in a m ...Continue Reading