XVIII General Chapter of the Congregation of the "Hermanas Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus" The XVIII General Chapter of the Carmelite Sisters of the Congregation of the "Hermanas Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus" (HCSCJ) was held from the 17th of July to the 9th of  August 2014 at the Casa Madre in Malaga, Spain. The following were elected: Superior General:  Sr. Rosario González 1st Councilor:   Sr. Conchita Tejerina 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. José Me ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Iulius 2014 Initium Novitiatus 04-07-14 Shelton Zimondi (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Andrew Madume (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Underson Musina (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Marvellous Murungu (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Machona Agostinho Celio (Pern-Moz) Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Candido Augusto Vida (Pern-Moz) Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 04-07-14 Michael Sukali Ndamuki (Ken) Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 06-07-14 M. Faustina Padojinog (T ...Continue Reading

First European Lay Carmelite Congress The first European Lay Carmelite Congress took place at Aylesford Priory, England, 25-28 July 2014. This is an initiative organized by the British Province, in which some 50 delegates took part from Britain, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, and Portugal, and included members of the Third Order, The Leaven Secular Institute, the Discalced Secular Order, new expressions of Lay Carmel including Carmelite Spirituality Groups, as well as friars working with Lay Carmel. Th ...Continue Reading

Ad hoc Commission Meeting At the 2013 General Chapter, the delegates passed a proposal to establish an "ad hoc" commission to examine the future viability and structure of Institutum Carmelitianum, the current and historical archives, the General and Carmelite libraries, Edizioni Carmelitane, along with examining the usage of all Curia property in Rome, which includes the Curia, CISA, and the Domus. This ad hoc commission for the Rebuilding of our Culture met in Rome from 21-23 July 2014.  The members o ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 08-07-14 Fr. Bertholdus Bloo, (Neer) 18-03-24 10-09-58 10-09-61 17-07-14 Sr. M. Raffaella Donaera, (RAV) 21-11-30 15-12-56 26-12-59 21-07-14 P. Umberto Campus (Ita) 26-08-34 10-10-53 08-12-56 10-07-60 22-07-14 P. Andreas Mederer (Ger) 17-01-33 08-09-60 08-09-63 08-03-64 22-07-14 P. Alphons M. Pflaum (Ger) 19-02-39 08-09-59 08-09-62 26-07-64 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org --- ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General On the 6th of June last, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. concelebrated the morning Eucharist with his Holiness, Pope Francis in the chapel of Santa  Marta and took the opportunity to greet him once again. This is the third time that the Prior General has been able to speak to the Holy Father, to whom he expressed the commitment that Carmel has to new evangelisation. On Sunday the 9th of June, before taking part in the Chapter of the Neapolitan province, F ...Continue Reading

Meeting of the Task Force for Carmelite Schools From 8th through to the 10th of July, 2014, the Task-Force of Carmelite schools gathered in our General Curia in Rome. The members taking part were Sr. Visitación Baz from Spain (HVMMC); Paul Horan, O.Carm. (Hib-Zimb); Javier Garmon i Calvo, O.Carm. (Cat); Tony Mazurkiewicz, O.Carm. (PCM); Albertus Herwanta, O.Carm. (Indo); under the leadership of Raúl Maraví, O.Carm., Councillor General and President of the Task Force. For three days the group worke ...Continue Reading

Appointment as consultor of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life On the 16th July 2014 the Holy Father Francis appointed as consultor of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life Fr. Bruno Secondin, O. Carm. (Italian Province), ordinary lecturer emeritus in modern spirituality and foundations of spiritual life at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. To Fr. Bruno we offer our most cordial good wishes and congr ...Continue Reading

Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris. IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO Fernando Prior Generalis Domusque Generalis Communitas 16. VII. 2014 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Iunius 2014 Initium Novitiatus 08-06-14 Vincent Deming (PCM), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 Jeffrey Lima (PCM), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 James Holman (PCM), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 James Thien Tran (SEL), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 Ignatius Tien Le (SEL), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 Matthieu Bonin (PCM), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 Mikhail Woodruffe (SEL), Middletown, NY, USA 08-06-14 Leonard Paul Richmond (SEL), Middletown, NY, USA 25-06-14 Carmela Conventi (CER), Cerreto, I ...Continue Reading