*5th Carmelite Communication Day event in the Philippines* On 24 August 2011 the Titus Brandsma Media Center, Manila, and the Center for Social and Pastoral Communications (the media ministries of the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines) held a successful 5th Carmelite Communication Day event. About 60 people attended the event from of religious orders/congregations, schools and media institutions. This year the theme focused on “the impact of social medial and network gaming in the formation of youth”. In hi ...Continue Reading

*Now Website of the General Congregation 2011 available* A website containing information about the forthcoming General Congregation in Nigara Falls, Canada, 5-16 September, is now available. The 2011 General Congregation will focus on the theme: “Qualiter respondendum sit quaerentibus (Rubrica Prima) – Carmel's Mission in the Church". All members of the Carmelite Family are invited to visit the site at: http://ocarm.org/congen2011/ www.ocarm.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

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*World Youth Day in Madrid, 2011* Just over 500 young people from Carmelite communities around the world were among the enormous crowd who attended the World Youth Day in Madrid. The special Carmelite Day on the 17th August was a wonderful occasion with about twenty countries represented. The day, which was organized by members of the General Curia and the Spanish Provinces, saw the presence of the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm. He invited all our participants to read a special letter he had writ ...Continue Reading

*A "Diplomatic Summer" in the Carmelite Curia* On the 6th of July, the Assistant Ambassador and person in charge of the Political Office of the German Embassy to the Holy See, Dr. Bernhard Schlagheck, invited the Vice-Prior General, Fr. Christian Körner, O.Carm., to a working lunch in order to hear about the presence of the Carmelite Order in the world and about the central administration of the Order in Rome. On the 11th of July Fr. John Keating, O.Carm., Councilor General for Europe was invited by t ...Continue Reading

*Activities of the Prior General* From the 4th to the 6th of July, the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., took part in the 17th Meeting of the Carmelite Family in the Iberian Region which took place in Tarrasa (Barcelona, Spain) and this year was centred on the figure of Fr.. Bartolomé F. M. Xiberta. The Prior General gave two conferences on the theological profile of this great Carmelite of the 20th century. There was also an intervention by the diocesan priest Josep M. Manresa w ...Continue Reading

*The Congress of Carmelite Colleges in Asia and Oceania* In Malang, Indonesia, from the 4th to the 7th of August, the first Congress of Carmelite Colleges of the Asia and Oceania region took place. The title of the congress was "/Carmelite Schools Go Green/". Its object was to create awareness of the importance of a culture of responsibility in relation to the environment in our colleges and surrounding areas. There were some forty participants including friars, sisters and lay people who represented our ed ...Continue Reading

*Message from the Spanish Committee for the WYD* As you already know, on the 17th August next a gathering will take place for all Carmelite youth in Madrid. Those who cannot be present in Madrid may participate through The Place of Prayer (http://ocarm.org/madrid2011/) or via Facebook (Lugar de oración EJC: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lugar-de-Oraci%C3%B3n-EJC/171363876267712. In this way, throughout the gathering on the 17th we will keep you informed of everything happening at the meeting. At 13.30h (Spanis ...Continue Reading

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*Young Carmelites on Vatican Radio* In the light of the next World Youth Day a number of Carmelite youth from Latin America (Venezuela and Puerto Rico) spoke on Vatican Radio about their experiences in preparation for the WYD with regard to their expectations and dreams. Also interviewed were Brother Santos Martínez O. Carm. and Father José Oliveras, O.Carm., who will lead the group, outlining the programme for the “Carmelite Day” on 17th August in Madrid. This interview can be heard (in Spanish only) t ...Continue Reading