First Chapter of the General Commissariat of Paraná During the first Chapter of the General Commissariat of Paraná held on 6-10 January 2014 were elected: Commissary General:  Fr. Ivaní Pinheiro Ribeiro, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Vagner Sanagiotto, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Edmilson Borges de Carvalho, O.Carm. Third Councilor:  Fr. Claudemir Rozin, O.Carm. Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Flávio Barbosa dos Santos, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/o ...Continue Reading

First Chapter of the General Commissariat of Paraná During the first Chapter of the General Commissariat of Paraná held on 6-10 January 2014 were elected: Commissary General:  Fr. Ivaní Pinheiro Ribeiro, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Vagner Sanagiotto, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Edmilson Borges de Carvalho, O.Carm. Third Councilor:  Fr. Claudemir Rozin, O.Carm. Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Flávio Barbosa dos Santos, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/o ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE December 2013 Initium Novitiatus 08-12-13 Mary Lucy Nthule Mumo (MAC), Machakos, Kenya 08-12-13 Mary Assumpta Kamene (MAC), Machakos, Kenya 14-12-13 Cesaltino Dos Santos (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-13 David Soares (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste 14-12-13 Juliao Dos Santos (Aust), Hera, Timor Leste Professio Temporanea 14-12-13 Mª del Pilar del Espíritu Santo (VAL), Valencia, España 14-12-13 Inmaculada de la Stma. Trinidad (VAL), Valencia, España Ordinatio Sacerdotal ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 22-12-13 Sr. M. Celina Schiavone, (OST) 21-10-20 30-01-51 25-05-54 26-12-13 Sr. Purificación García Martínez, (ZAR) 27-04-34 27-04-63 27-04-66 27-12-13 P. Francisco Javier Maya Fernández, (Baet) 03-12-29 25-10-46 09-05-51 19-12-53 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CHRISTUS NATUS EST NOBIS! VENITE ADOREMUS! NATALE HILARE ET ANNUM FAUSTUM 25.XII.2013 FERNANDO PRIOR GENERALIS ET DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS IMAGE: Jörg Ratgeb (1480-1526), Karmeliterkloster Frankfurt, Germania ...Continue Reading

News from the General Council The newly elected General Council has finished its first plenary session in Rome setting out a plan for the next six years implementing the decisions made by the General Chapter held in Sassone in September last. Membership of the Commissions will be announced in due course. The following members of the Council will guide the work of the priority areas as follows: Communications: Christian Körner, O. Carm. Formation: Benny Phang Khong Wing, O. Carm. Evangelisation and Mission: John ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 22-11-13 Sr. M. del Carmen Pueyo Españaque, (ZAR) 30-06-24 24-05-48 24-05-51 28-11-13 Fr. Agustín Heras García, (Baet) 01-12-35 01-01-62 15-08-66 19-12-13 P. Peter Byrth, (PCM) 26-11-33 10-03-53 10-03-56 21-01-59 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The Ordinary Bi-annual meeting of the General Councils O.Carm.- O.C.D. On the 16th of December, just gone by, the bi-annual meeting of the General Council with the members of the General Council of the Discalced Carmelites took place in the General Curia of the O.C.D. At the beginning of the meeting the new members of the O.Carm. General Council were introduced, as it was their first time to take part in this meeting. Along with the other outstanding matters, there was a sharing about the recent General Chapter of the ...Continue Reading

New Prior Provincial of the Maltese Province On 13 December 2013, the Maltese Province elected Fr. Alexander Vella to be prior provincial, to replace Fr. Michael Farrugia who was elected Procurator General at the General Chapter held last September. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuevo Prior Provincial de la Provincia de Malta En la Provincia de Malta, el 13 de diciembre, el P. Alexander Vella ha sido elegido Prior Provincial ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General From the 22nd to the 24th of November, the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., took part in the 4th Symposium in the series, “Textos para un Milenio” (Texts for a Millennium) that was held in the parish in Ayala, Madrid. The theme was, Dignity and Resistance, Testimonies, Reflections and Commitment to the Victims. The talk the Prior General gave centred on the Carmelites who were prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp. Also, availing of the opportunity of bein ...Continue Reading