First Day of the General Chapter The 213th General Chapter of the Order of Carmelites opened in Il Carmelo in Sassone, Rome, Italy on Tuesday morning, September 3, 2013. 111 Friars from the five continents gathered representing nearly every country where the Carmelite Order has communities and ministers. The Chapter began with the Mass of the Holy Spirit, led by the Prior General, the Most Reverend Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm., and concelebrated by the members of the General Council. The Prior General welcomed a ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 18-08-13 P. Norbert Heaslip, (Hib) 05-04-32 25-09-51 14-11-54 13-07-58 01-09-13 P. Lluís Bosch i Lloret, (Cat) 18-10-27 15-10-44 08-12-49 19-05-51 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Augustus 2013 Initium Novitiatus 04-08-13 Adelbertus Zakarias Kasman (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Adelbertus Nenes (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Damianus Mete (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Arnoldus Yansen Le'u (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Fabianus Masi (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Fabianus Gatin Belang (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Gregorius Gajak Molan (Indo), Maumere, Flores, Indonesia 04-08-13 Gustav ...Continue Reading

Web page for the General Chapter has been updated The web page for the General Chapter 2013 has been updated. The address is: http://ocarm.org/capitulumgenerale2013/. On this page, available to all friars and other members of the Carmelite Family, is posted the special prayer for the Chapter along with the Instrumentum Laboris, also the schedule and other information. Updates will follow both before and during the Chapter. Please pray for the coming General Chapter, so that it may be really a time of grace for the wh ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Porlamar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Porlamar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela, was held 21 August 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. Norma del Carmen Sánchez Mora, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. Rosa Coromoto Pérez Ramírez, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Mariela del Carmen León León, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. Ana Violeta Pereira Montilva, O.Carm. Treasurer: ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General On the 17th August last the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., together with Fr. Désiré Unen Alimange, O. Carm., General Councillor for Africa, participated in the Assembly of the Kenyan General Delegation (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), which was canonically erected on the 16th July 2010. Earlier during session 308 dated 14 June 2013 of the General Council Fr. Boniface Makau Kimondolo, O. Carm., was nominated General Delegate for the next three years. At ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Cabanatuan, Philippines The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Cabanatuan, Philippines, was held 19 August 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Dorotea Santiago, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Leoncia Sampana , O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Teresa Canillo, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. M. del Carmen Cacayurin, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. M. Dolores Asuncion, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Teresa C ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 31-07-13 P. Ataíde Pereira da Silva, (Pern) 05-10-56 06-02-83 20-12-85 08-12-88 02-08-13 P. Emeric Carmody, (PCM) 13-11-28 15-08-48 15-08-51 29-05-54 08-08-13 P. Jorge van Kampen, (Flum) 17-04-32 22-01-53 25-02-56 09-12-59 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Iulius 2013 Initium Novitiatus 05-07-13 Jevus Kamutando (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 05-07-13 Munyaradzi Murungu (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 05-07-13 Talent Mutungwazi (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe Professio Temporanea 06-07-13 Tatenda Joseph Chimeura (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 06-07-13 John Mutisi, Vincent Chipisa (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 06-07-13 Dominic Zambuko (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 06-07-13 Liberty Chandiwana (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 27-07-13 Fr. Thomas Johnston, (Brit) 06-11-63 26-08-94 29-05-01 29-07-13 P. Giovanni Gentilotti, (Ita) 22-09-19 03-10-37 17-04-41 27-06-43 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading