VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 13-07-13 P. Enrico Borgi, (Ita) 30-06-24 04-08-42 14-08-46 10-07-49 13-07-13 P. Grignion Reimert, (Neer) 17-11-25 14-10-48 14-10-51 11-07-54 17-07-13 P. Emanuele Boaga, (Ita) Secretarius Generalis 1971-1983 Archivista Generalis ab anno 1983 ad hodiernum diem Praeses Instituti Carmelitani 1987-2001 30-03-34 13-10-51 27-04-55 06-07-58 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------- ...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. 2013 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The Canonical Erection of the Carmelite Province of the Philippines On the 16th of July, 2013, the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the decision of the Prior General, with the consent of his Council, to erect the Province of the Philippines comes into effect.  Up to now this had been a General Commissariat and before that a Provincial Commissariat of the Province of the Netherlands. Blessed Titus Brandsma will be the Patron of the new province. The leaders who have been appointed to hold office until the fi ...Continue Reading

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