Carmelite NGO to Focus on Trafficking of Human Beings The Coordinating Committee of the Carmelite NGO decided during its annual meeting to take the trafficking of human beings as its main focus for the coming year. A number of Carmelite ministries and organizations are already involved in the issue. The meeting was held at CISA in Rome on August 6-8, 2012. One morning session was dedicated to a presentation and discussion with Dr. Alessandra Barberi from the Italian Prime Minister's Office of Equal Opportunity, the go ...Continue Reading

The "Pilgrimage of Hope" begins in America On the 5th of August just gone by, at the end of the re-dedication of the Church in Olinda (Citoc-online 75/2012) the Prior General, Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm., handed over the icon of "Our Lady of Hope" to Fr. Roberval Mendes Pereira, O.Carm., Prior Provincial of the Carmelite province of Pernambuco. That particular icon, written by the Carmelite nuns in Ravenna (Italy) went from one carmelite house, college and church to another in the different cou ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 14-07-12 P. Michael Higgins, (PCM) 21-05-39 15-09-63 09-02-67 30-05-68 08-08-12 Sr. M. Nazzarena Albani, (CAE) 26-02-20 23-01-48 23-01-51 11-08-12 Sr. Natividad de Ma. Ramos López (UTR) 16-01-23 16-10-48 16-10-51 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Solemn “Rededication” in Olinda, Brazil, of the first Carmelite church in the American continent. On the 5th of August of this year, the solemn rededication of the first Carmelite church in the American continent, took place in Olinda, Brasil. This church was founded by four portuguese Carmelites in 1580. The Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Antonio Fernando Saburido presided at the celebration of the Eucharist. He was accompanied by five Carmelite bishops, (Vitalis Wilderink, Paolo Cardoso, Antonio Muniz, ...Continue Reading

The Carmelite Librarians’ Association 10th Meeting, Prague 2012 The Carmelite Librarians’ Association (CLA) met from July 24 to July 27, 2012, in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. There were 22 participants, including  two members of the General Council, Fr Josef Jancar (Procurator General) and Fr Desiré Unen Alimange (General Councillor for Africa). The meeting was welcomed and generously assisted by the General Delegate of Bohemia and Moravia, Fr Gorazd Pavel Cetkovsky. In 10 working sessions, the mee ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Iulius 2012 Initium Novitiatus 15-06-12 Eleonora M. Tindara Cicero (SAR), Sogliano al Rubicone 06-07-12 Januaris Elijah Mutinda (Ken), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Kennedy Mwangi (Ken), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Joseph Wambua (Ken), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Tatenda Joseph Chimeura (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 John Mutisi (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Vincent Chipisa (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Dominic  Zambuko (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo 06-07-12 Liberty Chandiwana (Hib-Zim), Kriste Mambo ...Continue Reading

Provincial Chapter of the Province of Indonesia During the Provincial Chapter of the Province of Indonesia held on 20-27 July 2012 were elected: Prior Provincial:  Fr. Ignatius Joko Purnomo, O.Carm. Vice Prior Provincial:  Fr. Dionysius Kosasih, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Antonius Maria Kristiyanto Gunawan, O.Carm. Third Councilor:  Fr. Henricus Edison Tinambunan, O.Carm. Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Lucianus Simon Rande, O.Carm. ...Continue Reading

70th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Blessed Titus Brandsma The 26th of July of this year, 2012, will be the 70th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Titus Brandsma. His life was an example of a very close relationship between a mystical life and a firm commitment in the world to the dignity of the human person. He was noted for his readiness to receive anyone in difficulty and to help in whatever way he could. In the period leading up to and during the Nazi occupation in Holland, he argued passionately against th ...Continue Reading

Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris. IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO Fernando Prior Generalis Domusque Generalis Communitas 16. VII. 2012 (Pietro Novelli, Madonna del Carmelo – Palermo) www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 19-06-12 Sr. Josepa Francesca Castells i Camins, (VIL) 24-07-21 02-06-46 05-06-49 09-07-12 P. Antonino Todaro, (Ita) 27-01-44 05-10-61 27-05-65 17-05-70 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading