Carmelites and the Second Vatican Council – CISA Lectures Once again this year the community of St. Albert’s International Centre and the Institutum Carmelitanum offered a series of lectures to the public. The theme this year was “Carmelites and the Second Vatican Council”. The lectures were given in the conference hall in St. Albert’s Centre and a good number of members of the Carmelite family and others attended each evening. The series opened with a lecture by Claudemir Rozin, O.Carm., who shared the results of thi ...Continue Reading

General Councils O.Carm. and O.C.D. meet Lord Rowan Williams The General Councils of the O. Carm. and ODC friars met in in Aylesford, UK, from 11 to 16 May. In the course of this encounter, the members of the two councils spent some time working with Lord Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012, and now Master of Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge. Dr Williams spoke to the councils about mission and the Carmelite charism, pointing out that the goal of both new evangelisation and contemplation i ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Utrera, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Utrera, Spain, was held 13-14 May 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. María del Carmen Requena  Pérez, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. José Navarro López, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. María de Lourdes Lario Reverte, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. Rosamaría Nduku Mbithi, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. Ana María Re ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Madrid, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Madrid, Spain, was held 22-23 April 2013. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Inmaculada Ochoa, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:   Sr. M. Noemí Temprano, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Antonia Dominguez, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:   Sr. M. Carmen Almonte, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:   Sr. Maria del Carmen Ruiz, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Brunilda Rodriguez, O. ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 31-03-13 P. Marcellinus Scicluna, (Mel) 13-03-33 08-10-50 19-03-54 06-04-57 26-04-13 P. Foster Hanley, (PCM) 07-06-36 22-08-57 22-08-60 08-06-63 28-04-13 P. Victor Schembri, (Mel) 15-09-26 10-10-43 19-10-47 23-09-50 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Martius / Aprilis 2013 Initium Novitiatus 29-04-13 Licia Palmieri (CER), Cerreto di Sorano, Italia Professio Temporanea 19-03-13 M. Irene Angelantoj (CER), Cerreto di Sorano, Italia Professio Solemnis 07-04-13 Maria Lallane (BEJ), Beja, Portugal 28-04-13 Gabriela Bordones Herrera (ONT), Onteniente, España Ordinatio Diaconalis 21-04-13 Willy Singo Shaba (Ita-Con), Roma, Italia Ordinatio Sacerdotalis 28-02-13 Tiago Oliveira da Cruz (Flum), Salvador, Brasil 02-04-13 Pablo Fuertes Ramir ...Continue Reading

Provincial Chapter of the Province of Australia and East Timor During the Provincial Chapter of the Province of Australia and East Timor held on 22-26 April 2013 were elected: Prior Provincial:  Fr. Denis Andrew, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Paul Cahill, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Hugh Brown, O.Carm. Third Councilor:  Fr. Sean Keefe, O.Carm. Fourth Councilor:  Fr. James Des Lauriers, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org -------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

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