VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. 06-04-13 Sr. María de S. José Luque Moreno, (OSU) 26-10-25 31-10-43 01-11-46 13-04-13 Sr. María Luisa Rivera Alcaide, (ANT) 27-12-19 13-06-43 07-04-47 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Second Asia-Australia-Oceania Carmelite Student friars gathering The second Asia-Australia-Oceania Carmelite student friars gathering in this sexennium was held in Malang (Indonesia) from the 4th to 10th April , 2013. Fr. Lucianus Simon Rande, O.Carm., Provincial Councillor of the Indonesian Province was the main celebrant of the opening Mass. On behalf of Fr. Ignatius Joko Purnomo, O.Carm., Indonesian Provincial, he gave an address of welcome and officially opened the gathering.  An address from Fr. Prior Gener ...Continue Reading

Meeting of newly solemnly professed friars of Europe The Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., together with the Councillor General for Europe, Fr. John Keating, O.Carm. met with the European friars who made solemn vows within the last ten years. This meeting took place at San Andres, the Carmelite University Residence and European Novitiate in Salamanca, Spain from the 4th to the 7th April 2013. This is also the place where St. John of the Cross was a student. Of the forty possible participants t ...Continue Reading

Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere! Alleluia! In Pascha Domini A.D. 2013 Fernando Prior Generalis Domusque Generalis Communitas Image: Krakow, Graduale de Dominicis iuxta ritum missalis Beatissimae Dei Genitricis Semperque Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo, 1644 ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 26-01-13 P. Jos Tromp, (Neer) 08-01-41 24-08-61 24-08-64 02-09-95 26-02-13 Fr. José González Rodríguez (Cast) 22-03-21 17-09-58 15-10-61 15-03-13 P. Carmelo Cox (Flum) 18-04-22 22-01-50 21-02-53 08-12-55 26-03-13 P. Claudio Lioj (Neap) 05-06-33 25-10-51 25-10-54 14-07-57 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General The Prior General Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. from the 10th to 13th January, while on his way to the United States of America to conduct the canonical visitation of the South West Provincial Commissariat, participated in the celebrations commemorating fifty years of Carmelite presence in the Dominican Republic. On that occasion he also visited four monasteries in the country (La Vega, Santo Domingo, Santiago and Monción). Accompanied by the General Delegate for th ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Camerino, Italy The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Camerino, Italy, was held 25 March 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Teresita Marino, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Paola Colletta, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Grazia Di Palma, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Paola Colletta, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. M. Paola Colletta, O.Carm. Sacristan:  Sr. M. Pia Marzilliano, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.face ...Continue Reading

Letter of the Prior General to His Holiness Pope Francis The Prior General, in the name of the Carmelite Order, has written to Pope Francis on the occasion of the election. In the letter he expresses to the Holy Father warm filial congratulations at this time as he takes on his service of the People of God. In the name of the Carmelites Fr. Fernando assures Pope Francis of our prayer for his ministry and for himself personally, and our willingness to collaborate in every way with the work of evangelization particularly ...Continue Reading

General Chapter of the Congregation "Irmãs Carmelitas da Divina Providéncia" The General Chapter of the Carmelite Sisters of the Congregation "Irmãs Carmelitas da Divina Providéncia" (ICDP) was held in January 2013. The following were elected: Superior General:  Sr. Dazir da Rocha Campos 1st Councilor:  Sr. Maria Eduvirges Teixeira 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Neuza Paiva 3rd Councilor: Sr. Rita de Cássia Silva 4th Councilor:  Sr. Maria Helena Lome ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Februarius 2013 Initium Novitiatus 14-12-12 Suelen Cristina Andrade (JAB) Jaboticabal, Brasil 11-02-13 Letícia Gomes de Almeida (JAB) Jaboticabal, Brasil 18-02-13 Angelo Jesús Hernández Simoza (Baet-Ven), Mérida, Venezuela 18-02-13 Orlando de Jesús Piña Rondón (Baet-Ven), Mérida, Venezuela 18-02-13 Yarwin José Machado Oliveros (Baet-Ven), Mérida, Venezuela 18-02-13 Jesús Francisco Chourio Basabe (Baet-Ven), M&eacut ...Continue Reading