*VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT* *                                                          Ortus                P. Temp.       &nbs ...Continue Reading

A Visit to the Curia by the "Carmel Foundation" On the 8th of October last, the members of the Supervisory Board of the Carmel Foundation visited our Curia. The Foundation is an association that coordinates 24 colleges with more than 35,000 students in the Netherlands. The origins of the association go back to 1922, when Bl. Titus Brandsma and other Dutch Carmelites began to work in education by setting up the first Carmelite colleges in that country. The members of the Board were accompanied by Fr. Falco T ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Moncion, Dominican Republic The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Moncion, Dominican Republic, was held 27 September 2011. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Consuelo  Rivera , O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. Josefina Luna, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr .M. Assunta Mura, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. Josefina Luna, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. M. Rosanna Serrata , O.Carm. www.ocarm.org ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Fontiveros, Spain The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Fontiveros, Spain, was held 5 October 2011. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. del Pilar Felipe García, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. Rosa M. Pérez Arias, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr . Fátima M. Luna Ceballos, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. Fátima M. Luna Ceballos, O.Carm. Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of La Vega, Dominican Republic The Elective Chapter ...Continue Reading

9th annual pilgrimage of the Society of the Little Flower in Aylesford, GB On Sunday 2 October the Prior General, Fr Fernando Millan Romerál, and Bursar General, Fr Kevin Alban, attended the 9th annual pilgrimage of the Society of the Little Flower in Aylesford, GB.  Thanks to some exceptional weather there was a very good crowd of nearly 400 people for the morning gathering service and this more than doubled in the afternoon for the blessing of the roses and celebration of the Mass, led by Fr Fernando. ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDIT                                                            Ortus               P. Temp.          P. So ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE September 2011 Initium Novitiatus 29-07-11 Romanus Maksimus Redo (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Mariano Puken (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Eusebius Roa (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Perus Legen Soge (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Yulianus Albertus Ebe (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Adrianus Dua (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Andreas Nono (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Wihelmus Wele (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Florentinus Kopong Belang (Indo), Nita, Flores 29-07-11 Arisius Mesi (Indo), ...Continue Reading

A New Edition of Purchased People, the Pastoral Letter of Bishop Donal Lamont O.Carm. Last September 29th, in the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid, a Spanish translation of the pastoral letter of Bishop Donal Lamont, O.Carm. (1911-2003) called Purchased People was launched. Bishop Lamont wrote the letter in 1959 and it was one of the first official documents of the Catholic Church in Africa against racial discrimination. The book, which includes two studies on the pastoral letter, its role in the Second V ...Continue Reading

A New Edition of Purchased People, the Pastoral Letter of Bishop Donal Lamont O.Carm. Last September 29th, in the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid, a Spanish translation of the pastoral letter of Bishop Donal Lamont, O.Carm. (1911-2003) called Purchased People was launched. Bishop Lamont wrote the letter in 1959 and it was one of the first official documents of the Catholic Church in Africa against racial discrimination. The book, which includes two studies on the pastoral letter, its role in the Second V ...Continue Reading

*General Congregation MMXI - Final Message* The General Congregation MMXI took place at Mount Carmel Spiritual Center, Niagara Falls, Canada, from September 5th to 16th, 2011. The theme of the meeting was /“Qualiter respondendum sit quaerentibus (Rubrica Prima) – Carmel's Mission in the Church"/. The Prior General and the members of theGeneral Council gathered with the Priors Provincial, Commissaries General, Commissaries Provincial and Delegates General from all continents. The participants would like to share ...Continue Reading