Celebrating at Home: Not So Soon33rd Sunday of Ordinary TimePassages of Scripture, like today’s Gospel, can leave us feeling disturbed.Talk of destruction, wars, revolutions, persecution and betrayal by close family members can be quite unsettling. Looking at the world today many of us, too, are dismayed by the wars, persecutions and destruction in our own day.Like Luke’s community, perhaps we, too, long for a saviour to come to our rescue, to make it all right. Maybe that is why so many are prepared to put ...Continue Reading

*Extraordinary Chapter of the Province of Indonesia*With the election of the Prior Provincial of the Province of Indonesia, FX. Hariawan Adji, O. Carm., as Vice Prior General, based on Constitution no. 337 § 2, the Province of Indonesia held an Extraordinary Provincial Chapter to elect a new prior provincial. This Chapter was held at the Carmelite Novitiate in Batu, on Friday, November 7, 2025. The Vice Prior General, Hariawan Adji, was present to preside over this Extraordinary Chapter. In the Extraordinary C ...Continue Reading

 Interview with Desiderio García Martínez, O. Carm., Elected Prior General in September During a recent stay in Rome, the recently elected prior general, Fr. Desiderio García Martinéz, was kind enough to sit with members of the Carmelite Communications office and answer a few questions.The interview is in Spanish with English subtitles.We hope you enjoy!View the Interview ... +           +       ...Continue Reading

 Carmelite Monastery of the St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Allentown, USA Celebrates Elective ChapterThe Carmelite nuns of the monastery of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Allentown, Pennsylvania (USA) held their triennial chapter on September 25, 2025.The monastery of St. Thérèse in Allentown was the first monastery of the Order established in the United States of America. In 1931 the prior general at the time, Elias Magennis, sent two sisters, Rev. Mother Therese of Jesus and Sr. Cl ...Continue Reading

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD, virginNovember 8 | Optional MemorialElizabeth of the Trinity is one of the best-known figures in contemporary spirituality. Through her example and her teaching, she has exerted an ever-growing influence for many years, due above all to her Trinitarian experience and her short writings (spiritual notes, correspondence) rich in doctrine and echoing her communion with the Three Divine Persons.She wrote: “I am Elizabeth of the Trinity, that is, Elizabeth who disappears, who loses herself, ...Continue Reading

 Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, OCD, priestNovember 7 | Optional Memorial in Spanish Provinces*The Efficacy of Prayer in Favor of the Church*From the writings of Blessed Francesco Palau, OCDIn his providence God has disposed that our evils should not be remedied and that his graces should not be granted to us except through prayer, and that through the prayer of some others should be saved (cf. Jas 5:16 ff). If the heavens dripped from on high and the clouds made the righteous rain, if the earth opened and the Savio ...Continue Reading

 Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, OCD, priestNovember 7 | Optional Memorial in Spanish Provinces*The Efficacy of Prayer in Favor of the Church*From the writings of Blessed Francesco Palau, OCDIn his providence God has disposed that our evils should not be remedied and that his graces should not be granted to us except through prayer, and that through the prayer of some others should be saved (cf. Jas 5:16 ff). If the heavens dripped from on high and the clouds made the righteous rain, if the earth opened and the Savio ...Continue Reading

Livioandronico2013 Celebrating at Home: A Living TempleDedication of the Lateran BasilicaToday’s feast celebrates the dedication of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist in Rome. This cathedral is often referred to as the ‘Lateran’ because it is built on the site of a palace once belonging to the Laterani family. This palace served as the official residence of the Popes from the 4th to the 14th centuries. It is the cathedral church of the diocese of Rome of which the Pope is the local bishop.We cele ...Continue Reading

Livioandronico2013 Celebrating at Home: A Living TempleDedication of the Lateran BasilicaToday’s feast celebrates the dedication of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist in Rome. This cathedral is often referred to as the ‘Lateran’ because it is built on the site of a palace once belonging to the Laterani family. This palace served as the official residence of the Popes from the 4th to the 14th centuries. It is the cathedral church of the diocese of Rome of which the Pope is the local bishop.We cele ...Continue Reading

 St. Nuno Alvares Pereira, religiousNovember 6 | Memorial From the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium(Second Vatican Council) n. 43-44Consecration to God by Means of the Religious Vows43. The evangelical counsels of chastity dedicated to God, poverty and obedience are based upon the words and examples of the Lord. They were further commanded by the apostles and Fathers of the Church, as well as by the doctors and pastors of souls. The counsels are a divine gift, which the Church received from its Lord an ...Continue Reading