The Carmelite Order mourns the death of former Prior General, Fr. John Malley, O.Carm. Fr. John Malley, O.Carm. the former Prior General, died unexpectedly yesterday evening, the 18th of February in Tucson, Arizona, (U.S.A.). Fr. John was born on the 26th of July 1930 in Boston (U.S.A.). At the end of his novitiate he made his simple profession on the 30th of August, 1950. He made his solemn profession on the 27th of September, 1953 at St. Albert’s International College in Rome. He was ordained a priest while studying ...Continue Reading

On-going formation course in the Holy Land During the General Congregation of the Order at Niagara Falls, Canada, last September, an on-going formation course in the Holy Land from 29th August to 12th September 2012 was announced. In a letter to the provincials last November inviting them to send participants to this course it stated that the theme of the programme would be Back to the Sources, with the time divided between Mount Carmel and Jerusalem. The course will be experiential, following a prayerful and reflectiv ...Continue Reading

A Tribute to Fr. B. Xiberta On the 10th of February last, a ceremony to honour Fr. Bartolomé Xiberta was held at our house in Tarrasa (Barcelona, Spain) the city where he died in 1967. At the ceremony there was a presentation of the book written by the priest Josep Maria Manresa Lamarca, titled, The Ecclesiology of Fr. B. Xiberta (1897-1967), recently published by the Institutum Carmelitanum in Edizioni Carmelitane (Rome). Along with the author, those who attended the ceremony included, Don Salvador Cristau, Aux ...Continue Reading

Earthquake in the Philippines On February 6, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. a 6.9 Magnitude earthquake hit the Negros - Cebu regions of the Philippines. Our parish has been badly affected with the loss of 23 lives, including many children and babies, over 40 houses were totally destroyed and another 12 very badly damaged. The Carmelite parish priest has asked for our help and the Curia has sent $10,000 immediately in emergency aid, thanks to the generosity of the Little Flower Fund. Please help! You can contact the Bursar General ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 29-01-12 Sr. Margaretha Berning (ZEN) 25-01-32 08-01-59 11-07-62 07-02-12 P. Rieks Boerland (Neer) 10-12-24 14-10-48 14-10-51 11-07-54 07-02-12 Sr. M. Teresina Nicotera (ROC) 14-06-21 02-07-42 07-05-50 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Ireland welcomes Carmelite Youth for the International Eucharist Congress This year Ireland will host the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) which will take place in Dublin from 10-17 June 2012.The theme of the Congress is “The Eucharist; Communion with Christ and with One another”. For the first time ever there will be a dedicated Youth Space at the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) “Go! Be Church, with Christ and with one another”. The Irish Carmelites are on the organising committee of the youth space ...Continue Reading

The Second Meeting of the Prioresses and Novice Directors of the Monasteries of the Antilles From the 9th to the 12th of January, 2012, the Prioresses and Directors of Novices of the six monasteries of Nuns in the Antilles, (Porto Rico and the Dominican Republic), came together in the Monastery of Maria Madre de la Iglesia, La Vega, in the Dominican Republic, for the Second Meeting of the Prioresses and Directors of Novices, coordinated by Fr. Rogelio Mur, O.Carm., Delegate for the Nuns of the area. The main purpose of ...Continue Reading

Congress of Lay Carmelites The 2007 General Chapter decided that every six years a Congress of Lay Carmelites would be held. The next Congress will be held at Sassone (Rome)  from the 17th to the 21st of September of this year. The theme of the congress will be: "Formation for service to the Kingdom of God and to the World. Lay Carmelites in the Mission of the Church". Given the specific nature of the topic, the people who are invited to attend are first of all formation directors, provincial delegates ...Continue Reading

Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Bolivia (Mel) During the Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Bolivia (Mel) held on 24-27 January 2012 were elected: Commissary Provincial:  Fr. Garvin Grech, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Albert Brincat, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Milton Murillo Ortiz, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asamblea del Comisariado Provincial de Bolivia (Mel) Durante la Asamblea del Comisariado Provincial ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Ianuarius 2012 Initium Novitiatus 08-12-11 Ilaria Schincaglia (SUT), Sutri 05-01-12 Gregorio Vazquez Solis (PCM-Mex), Lurín 05-01-12 Nilton Cesar Guarnizo Alfaro (PCM-Per), Lurín 05-01-12 Santiago Guzmàn Estrada (Ita-Col), Lurín 05-01-12 Jorge Luis Arandia Celis (Ita-Col), Lurín 05-01-12 Eris Robles Càrdenas (Ita-Col), Lurín 05-01-12 Elver Arenilla Maza (Ita-Col), Lurín 06-01-12 Maria Laudadio Russo (CER), Cerreto 08-01-12 Isabel Si ...Continue Reading