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

Bishop Filippo Iannone, O.Carm. nominated to senior position Vicegerent in the Diocese of Rome The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, has today nominated to one of the most senior positions in the Diocese of Rome, Italy, His Excellency Bishop Filippo Iannone, O.Carm. (Brun), who up until now has been Bishop of the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo since the 19th June 2009. Together with this office, the Pope has conferred on him the title of Archbishop. Rome is the Pope’s Diocese to which he nominates the Cardinal Vicar and t ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. 15-01-12 Sr. M Joaquina Valls Pons (KAL) 23-07-21 08-12-45 08-12-48 16-01-12 Sr. M. Carmela Teresa Ciliberti (MTN) 11-09-25 08-10-52 09-06-56 23-01-12 Sr. M. Carmela Nasuti (SGP) 02-07-21 06-09-52 08-09-55 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Activities of the Prior General On the 17th of December 2011, in the company of Fr. John Keating, O.Carm., Councilor General for Europe, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral O.Carm., gave a talk a the ecumenical centre for lay people in Rome, (The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas) in the topic: "Alternative Expressions for talking about God". From the 6th to the 8ty of January, he took part in the "All Students Gathering" of the two North American provinces (PCM and SEL) in Whitefriars Hall i ...Continue Reading

European Carmelite Youth Meeting A group of young people who had been involved in the Carmelite European Pilgrimage of Hope (Rome, 2010) and with the Carmelite Youth Day in Madrid in 2011, met with the Councillor General for Europe, Fr. John Keating, O.Carm., at the General Curia in Rome from 20th to the 22nd January. They met in order to continue the work begun at these two events and to explore new ways of assisting the European provinces in their involvement with young people, but with a special emphasis on the Carm ...Continue Reading

Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Peru (PCM) During the Assembly of the Provincial Commissariat of Peru (PCM) held on 17-20 January 2012 were elected: Commissary Provincial:  Fr. Enrique Laguna Vargas, O.Carm. First Councilor:  Fr. Eduardo Rivero Cárdenas, O.Carm. Second Councilor:  Fr. Gerald Payea, O.Carm. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asamblea del Comisariado Provincial del Perú (PCM) Durante la Asamblea del Comisar ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 04-01-12 P. Francis Vincent McDonald (SEL) 03-02-20 16-07-40 16-07-43 07-06-47 11-01-12 P. Roel Nijland (Neer) 07-01-40 12-09-68 23-11-73 24-06-67 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT Ortus P. Temp. P. Soll. Ord. 09-12-11 P. Fredericus Sudarmawirjautama (Indo) 03-03-33 02-07-55 02-07-58 09-07-61 30-12-11 Sr. Giovanna Mazzi (MTL) 07-03-27 02-07-49 02-07-52 03-01-12 Sr. M. Domenica Mondelli (VET) 10-04-20 12-08-48 27-08-51 R.I.P. www.ocarm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading