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

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE November 2013 Initium Novitiatus 17-11-13 Alex Giovanny Arevalo Quinchanegua (Ita-Col), Salamanca, España Professio Solemnis 30-09-13 Jan Maria Vianney Pavel Hanacek (BM), Kostelní Vydří, Česká republika 30-11-13 Raphael Mary Nhat Tran (SEL), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 30-11-13 Nuno Miguel dos Santos Mendes (Lus), Fátima, Portugal 30-11-13 Jerry De Sousa, (Flum), Belo Horizonte, Brasil Ordinatio Diaconalis 03-11-13 Isaias Ramirez Acosta (Ita-Col), Roma, Ita ...Continue Reading

Help for the Philippines Three weeks ago we sent out information on Task Force Carmel Cares, in response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines.  Today we are happy to report that over €100,000 ($135,000) has been collected by the Curia. Thank you to all of our communities of friars, nuns, sisters, and lay Carmelites. We know many of you have also donated to the Philippines through your local charities and diocesan collections. Thank you for your support for our sisters and brothers in the Philippines. O ...Continue Reading

General Council begins Meetings The General Council began a series of plenary meetings on 12th November, and apart from the ordinary administrative business of the order, the Council is studying a restructuring of the General Commissions, as recommended by the General Chapter. The Council hopes to finish the new structuring of the commissions by Christmas so that they can begin work in the new year. The Prior General and his Council have made the following appointments: Secretary General: Francisco de Sales Alencar Bat ...Continue Reading

Assembly of the USG and a Meeting with Pope Francis On the 27th and 28th of November, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., took part in the 82nd Assembly of the Union of Superiors General, held in Rome. Some 120 Generals of orders and congregations attended. The theme chosen for this assembly was, Pope Francis: The Challenge of Gospel Leadership. This theme was in line with that of the previous assembly in May 2013, Leadership in Religious Life, 50 years after the II Vatican Council. For the two ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chester, USA The Elective Chapter of the Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chester, USA, was held 19 November 2013. The Prioress was elected: Sr. Theresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Face www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capítulo Electivo de las Eremitas de Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chester, Estados Unidos Se celebró el cap&iac ...Continue Reading

The General Chapter Icon In order to help our sisters in the Carmelite cloister to feel that they are united with the objectives of the Order for the next sexennium, the General Curia has begun to distribute copies of the icon that presided over our General Chapter to each of monasteries around the world. The icon that was written by our sisters in the monastery of Cerreto (Italy), shows Mary, Mother and Ornament of Carmel, flanked by four important figures in the history of Carmel: St. Albert of Jerusalem (the 8th cen ...Continue Reading