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

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