A Letter for the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel As the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is approaching, the Prior General has written a letter to all Carmelite family expressing his best wish and inviting all members to celebrate the Feast by beginning with the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Custom of making the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel before the Feast is a long tradition and much observed by many Catholics. In his letter we are reminded of the importance of the Feast and he asks the whole Car ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 22-06-13 Sr. M. Teresa Hermosilla Calvo, (HUE) 31-07-31 15-08-55 29-05-94 25-06-13 P. Juan Bautista Ferré Pérez, (Arag) 22-06-25 15-08-45 15-08-48 08-07-51 04-07-13 P. José Donaire González, (Baet) 10-08-32 25-07-50 04-10-53 22-09-56 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Iunius 2013 Initium Novitiatus 17-05-13 Thaísa Beatriz Cheoderoli Decariz (JAB), Jaboticabal, Brasil 09-06-13 Cyril Farmer (PCM), Middletown, N.Y. , USA 09-06-13 Kendall Ketterlin (PCM), Middletown, N.Y., USA 09-06-13 Matthew Tonini (Aust), Middletown, N.Y., USA 09-06-13 Joseph Thinh Tran (SEL), Middletown, N.Y., USA 09-06-13 Felipe Navarette-Diaz (PCM), Middletown, N.Y., USA 09-06-13 Francis Xavier Hai Pham (SEL), Middletown, N.Y., USA 15-06-13 Christian T. Marave (Phil), Quezon C ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Dumaguete City, Philippines The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Dumaguete City, Philippines, was held 22 June 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. Maria del Rosario C. Somoza, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Angelica G. Verdugo, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Teresita M. Herrero, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. M. Melba P. Bruno, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. M. Joseliza B. Pagao, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Guiguinto, Philippines The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Guiguinto, Philippines, was held 21 June 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Theresita A’Jose, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Rescelia Garcia, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Carmeli Hilario, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. M. Fatima Faustino, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. Benedicta Mary Jenifer Navales, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Rescel ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Machakos, Kenya The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Machakos, Kenya, was held 10 June 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Winifred Katunge Mbui, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Magdalena Medrano Jimenez , O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Margarita Maria de Cristo Rey Vargas , O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. M. Christine Syombua Mbindyo , O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. M. Justine Nduku Muia, O.Carm. Director of Novic ...Continue Reading

Symposium on Historiography and Identity. Responses to Medieval Carmelite Culture On 6 and 7 June in the offices of FOVOG - the "Forschungsstelle für Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte -   (This is an institute in the University of Dresden, Germany, which specialises in the comparative study of religious orders.) a symposium was held entitled Historiography and Identity. Responses to Medieval Carmelite Culture organised by Dr. Coralie Zermatten and Dr. Jens Röhrkasten (University of Birmingham). Am ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General After taking part in the meeting of the two General Councils, O.Carm. and O.C.D. in Aylesford (see CITOC 35/2013)  the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., attended the 81st Assembly of the USG (Union of Superiors General) which was held in Rome from the 22nd to the 24th of May, with the theme, “Leadership in Religious Life Fifty Years after the II Vatican Council”. The Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz,atte ...Continue Reading

Extraordinary Provincial Chapter of the Italian Province During the extraordinary Provincial Chapter of the Italian Province held on 10-11 June 2013 were elected: Prior Provincial:  Fr. Roberto Toni, O.Carm. Vice Prior Provincial: Fr. Marco Nuzzi, O.Carm. Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Lucio M. Zappatore, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capítulo Provincial extraordinario de la Provincia Italiana Durante el ...Continue Reading

Meeting of the Bibliotheca Carmelitana Nova Commission On 3rd and 4th June members of the commission overseeing the Bibliotheca Carmelitana Nuova project met in Dresden, Germany in the offices of FOVOG – the “Forschungsstelle fur Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte". This is an institute in the University of Dresden which specialises in the comparative study of religious orders. The commission is made up of Giovanni Grosso (President of the Carmelite Institute), Ton van der Gulik (Carmelite Librarian), Paul Chandler (w ...Continue Reading