*CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE* *Iulius 2011* *Initium Novitiatus* 10-07-11 Narcizio da Costa Vilanova (Aust-Tim), Hera 10-07-11 Agostinho dos Santos (Aust-Tim), Hera 10-07-11 Avelino dos Santos (Aust-Tim), Hera 10-07-11 Amandio Soares Salsinha (Aust-Tim), Hera 20-07-11 Marilyn Facinabo (BUR), Burgos *Professio Temporanea* 19-06-11 Miracle Marie Horcera (GUI), Guiguinto 03-07-11 Khae Lhucas Ferreira Pereira (GerS-Par), Curitiba 04-07-11 Bienvenue Lo Malo (Baet-Bur), Bobo-Dioulasso 04-07-11 Jean Bernard Somda ( ...Continue Reading

*Letter from the Committee for the Carmelite Day during the WYD* From 16th to 21st of August next, young people will gather in Madrid, Spain, for the World Youth Day celebrations. These events have become an important feature in the life of the Church today. As previously indicated (citoc-online 75/2011) the Carmelite Order will host a Carmelite Day on 17th for young people from the Carmelite Family attending the gathering in Madrid. The Spanish team organizing this day are asking Carmelite communities around the wor ...Continue Reading

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

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

*A Visit by the Major Archbishop of the Siro-Malabar Catholic Church* His Beatitude, Georg Alenchery, Major Archbishop of the Siro-Malabar Catholic Church, on the 17th of July, 2011, paid a visit together with the Archbishop of Thrissur, Andrews Thazhath, to the Carmelite house in Chettupuzha, the headquarters of the Province of St. Thomas in India. The Major Archbishop, who is head of the Siro-Malabar Catholic church was welcomed by the community to whom he offered his good wishes for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount ...Continue Reading

Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris. IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO Fernando Prior Generalis Domusque Generalis Communitas 16.VII.2011 /Romae, Oratorium Curiae Generalis, Imago B.V. Mariae de Monte Carmelo/ ...Continue Reading

*Discalced Carmelite Renewal Course at Stella Maris, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.* The Discalced Carmelites (OCD) are holding a renewal course for Carmelite Friars in the *Spanish language*, beginning at the end of November 2011 and concluding in February 2012. They have kindly left a few places for O.Carm. friars and in their letter of invitation they state: "Our aim is to place at the disposal of the whole Carmelite family Mount Carmel, the Cradle of the Order and its unique context of the Holy Bible for our sp ...Continue Reading

*A Meeting of the Formation Directors of the Carmelite Family in Brazil* From the 27th of June to the 2nd of July, a meeting of the formation directors, men and women, of the Carmelite Family in Brazil took place in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The sessions were directed by Fr. Jaldemir Vitorio, S.J. and Frei Carlos Mesters, O.Carm. The theme of the meeting was, The challenge of coming under the spell of Jesus Christ and the mission of the formation director in this calling. The days were intense with formation ...Continue Reading

*The Activities of the Prior General* On the 9th of June last, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. delivered a lecture at the Titus Brandsma Museum in Bolsward (the city of Blessed Titus’ birth), on the theme, Titus Brandsma around the World. In it he highlighted a number of significant examples of the presence of Blessed Titus in different parts of the world - monuments, books, congresses, art, music etc.. He visited the temporary exhibition titled, Titus Brandsma Kunstzinnig (Art and Titus Bra ...Continue Reading

*Carmelite Study Week 2011 – Kenya* From July 4 to 8 July around 40 members of the Carmelite Family gathered in the ODC house in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya to take part in a seminar on “Carmel and Mary: Carmel’s Marian Spirituality and its Importance for the Church and World Today”. The participants came from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and included OCarm. and OCD friars, OCD active sisters, OCarm. nuns and a number of lay people. The seminar was organised by Fr Steven Payne OCD, director of the Institute of Spirituality ...Continue Reading