From the General Chapter | September 9-26, 2025Carmelite General Chapter Set to BeginThe 2025 General Chapter of the Carmelite Order begins on Tuesday, September 9, in Malang, Indonesia. It will be the first General Chapter outside Europe. It will take place at the Harris Convention Center and Hotel. The Chapter is scheduled to run through Friday, September 26.The Communications Office of the Order in conjunction with the Indonesian Province Communications Office plans on bringing periodic updates from the Chapter to su ...Continue Reading

From the General Chapter | September 9-26, 2025 Livestream of Opening Mass of the General Chapter on Tuesday, September 9 at 8:30AM (GMT +7) The Opening Mass of the 2025 General Chapter will be livestreamed from Malang, Indonesia courtesy of the Communications Office of the Indonesian Province. A recording will also be posted on the Order’s Youtube channel for the convenience of those who would like to watch it later. The livestream starts at 8:15AM (GMT +7). The link to the Indonesian province’s YouTube channel ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Real Reality23rd Sunday in Ordinary TimeToday’s Gospel contains a rather heavy dose of real reality about what is required in order to be a disciple of Jesus.The words of Jesus have to be read against the background of the Kingdom life God is inviting us into and the central message of Jesus that we need to place God in the centre of our hearts.The language about hating family members and even our own lives comes from a Semitic idiom which expresses preference. If you prefer one person or thin ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 18-07-25 Br. Henny Leemreize (Neer) 05-03-35 14-01-68 20-05-71 04-08-25 R. Bernardus Soedarmodjo (Indo) 20-08-30 15-08-61 15-08-64 26-07-67 07-08-25 Fr. Myron Judy (PCM) 29-06-37 22-08-57 22-08-60 18-08-63 21-08-25 Fr. James (Jerome) Watt (Aust-TL) 16-02-36 10-03-54 05-03-57 26-07-59 30-08-25 Br. Munashe Doctor Chimwamuchere (Hib-Zim)   29-09-02 28-06-2025 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org ht ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Invitation to Dinner22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeIt’s no accident that the Gospels contain many instances of shared meals, weddings feasts and miraculous feeding. In the Scriptures, meals always have something to do with the great meal – the eternal wedding feast.In this Gospel episode, Jesus has been invited to a meal at the home of a leading Pharisee. Luke tells us that they watched Jesus closely. No doubt, they are trying to make up their minds about him and his teaching.Read more ...   ...Continue Reading

 September  –  Septiembre – Settembre 2025 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivinaENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - September 2025[*]Lectio Divina September, 2025 [Pdf] (831 KB)[*]Lectio Divina September, 2025 [ePub] (366 KB)[*]Lectio Divina September, 2025 [Mobi] (258 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the ...Continue Reading

Bl. Jacques Retouret, priest and martyrAugust 26 | Optional MemorialBl. Jacques Retouret was born at Limoges in France on 15th September 1746 to a merchant family. He was a serious young man, a lover of books and greatly gifted. After ordination, his zeal and learning were widely admired and large crowds of people were attracted by his way of preaching. Like the majority of his fellow clergy, Jacques refused to accept the civil law, unilaterally introduced by the state, which decreed, among other things, the electi ...Continue Reading

St. Mary of Jesus Crucified (OCD), virginAugust 25 | Optional MemorialMariam Baouardy was born at Abellin in Galilee on 5th January 1846 to very poor parents who were good living and devoted Greek-rite Catholics. She was left an orphan after the death of her parents at only three years of age when, together with her brother Paul, she was entrusted to the care of an uncle,who had moved to Alexandria in Egypt a few years earlier. She died on 26th August 1878 at Bethlehem from a cancer which she had contracted after a ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Narrow Door21st Sunday in Ordinary TimeIt is a horrible feeling to find yourself locked out of home. It can instil panic. What will I do now? It is even worse if those inside won’t let you in, or even recognise you. Worse still if the house is full of strangers.There is no mistaking the sense of warning in this passage of Luke’s Gospel.Over the last few weeks, the gospel has presented Jesus on the journey to Jerusalem and his teaching about how to live our lives as disciples and the hard c ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS*19-07-25 Christopher Castañeda (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico19-07-25  Brandon Pals (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico19-07-25  Walter Vladimir Díaz Romero (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico19-07-25  Oscar Alejandro Méndez López (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico19-07-25  Hugo Alexander Ramírez García (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico19-07-25  Nick Jeffery (PCM) Tlalpan, CDMX, MexicoPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*15-07- ...Continue Reading