General Finance Commission 29 February & 1 March The General Finance Commission of the Order met in the Curia on 29 February and 1 March. Present were Kevin Alban (Bursar General), Fintan Burke (Hib.), Michael Kissane (SEL), James Des Lauriers (Aust.), Antonio Monteiro (Lus.), Manuel Bonilla (Cat.), Mîceál O’Neill (CISA), Mark McBride (Bursar General TOR), Sireneo Jaranilla (Phil.), Jurek Borucki (financial consultant), Jeffrey Cull (fund raising consultant). Besides reviewing the results of the Curia ...Continue Reading

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Ostuni, Italy The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Ostuni, Italy, was held 29 February 2012. The following were elected: Prioress:  Sr. M. Giuseppina Cardone, O.Carm. 1st Councilor:  Sr. M. Daniela Denitto, O.Carm. 2nd Councilor:  Sr. M. Rosadele Nunzio, O.Carm. 3rd Councilor:  Sr. M. Agnese Menolascina, O.Carm. 4th Couniclor:  Sr. Maria Andrisani, O.Carm. Director of Novices:  Sr. M. Daniela Denitto, O.Carm. Treasurer:  Sr. M ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE Februarius 2012 Initium Novitiatus 02-02-12 Raffaella Angelantonj (CER), Cerreto 02-02-12 Marzia Milo (SUT), Sutri Professio Solemnis 04-02-12 Anderson Lucio Rosa Emanuel (GerS-Par), Presidente Venceslau 04-02-12 Klenio Perosso Gonçalves (GerS-Par), Presidente Venceslau 11-02-12 Alexandre Ferreira (GerS-Par), Curitiba 18-02-12 David Augusto Sosa Herrera (Cast-Arg), Buenos Aires Ordinatio Diaconalis 04-02-12 Rogelio Marcelino Garcia Ascencio (PCM), San Salvador Ordinatio Sacerdotalis ...Continue Reading

The Funeral of Fr. John Malley, O.Carm. In the Carmelite parish of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, on the 24th of February, the funeral took place of Fr. John Malley, O.Carm. who was Prior General of the Carmelite Order from 1983 to 1995. The Bishop of Tucson, Gerard F. Kicanas presided at the celebration, which was led by the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. The concelebrants included Fr. Falco Thuis, O.Carm. and Fr. Joseph Chalmers, O.Carm., Priors General from 1971 to 1983 and from 1995 to 2007 ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 15-02-12 Sr. Mary O’Neill, (HUD) 03-06-42 13-05-62 23-05-65 16-02-12 Sr. M. Assunta Boldrini (VET) 07-04-27 17-09-49 09-10-52 21-02-12 P. Gérard van der Krogt  (Neer) 17-01-24 14-10-48 14-10-51 11-07-54 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

25 Years of Affiliation of the Donum Dei Missionary Family Last Sunday, the 19th of February, in the Church of St. Eustachio in the heart of Rome, a Mass was celebrated in thanksgiving for the 25 years of affiliation to the Carmelite Order of the Donum Dei Missionary Family. The celebration was led by the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., The concelebrants included members of the General Curia, the Prior and members of the community of CISA, the Prior Provincial of the North American Province of S ...Continue Reading

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