VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 04-05-25 P. Michele Leccisotti (Brun) 23-10-42 16-10-60 07-01-64 17-04-68 09-05-25 P. Richardus Alphonsus Hadisusanto (Indo) 13-09-32 03-07-58 03-07-62 12-07-64 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Called to be the Living Presence of GodAscension SundayThe feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - Ascension Sunday [PDF] (2.88 MB)[*]Celebrating At ...Continue Reading

 June  –  Junio – Giungo 2025 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivinaENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - June 2025[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [Pdf] (1007 KB)[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [ePub] (434 KB)[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [Mobi] (306 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to ...Continue Reading

 June  –  Junio – Giungo 2025 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivinaENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - June 2025[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [Pdf] (1007 KB)[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [ePub] (434 KB)[*]Lectio Divina June, 2025 [Mobi] (306 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to ...Continue Reading

  Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, VirginMay 25th | FeastRead more ...From On Revelation and On Temptation of St. Mary Magdalene de' PazziCome, Holy SpiritYou are truly wonderful, O Word, in the Holy Spirit, in causing him to infuse himself into the soul, through which infusion it is united with God, conceives God, tastes God, and delights in nothing but God.And the Holy Spirit comes into the soul always marked with that precious seal of the Blood of the Word, the Lamb who was slain; indeed, it is the ...Continue Reading

 Elective Chapter Held in Villalba del Alcor (Huelva), Spain on May 13, 2025On May 13, 2025, the Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista) in Villalba del Alcor (Huelva) España held their elective chapter.The monastery was founded in 1619 by the nuns of the Monastery of St. Anne in the city of Seville, under the leadership of Sister Beatrice Tinoro of St. John the Baptist († 1622) and with the support of Fr. Franco García Jiménez, her cousin. They were accompan ...Continue Reading

 Saint Joaquina de Vedruna with her four daughters who were nuns. Public domain.Painted by a granddaughter of St. Joaquina at the end of the 19th century.S. Joaquina de Vedruna con sus cuatro hijas, que eran monjasPintado por una nieta de S. Joaquina a finales del siglo XIX. Dominio público.S. Gioacchina di Vedruna con le sue quattro figlie, tutte suoreDipinto da una nipote di S. Gioacchina alla fine del XIX secolo Saint Joachina de Vedruna, ReligiousMay 22th | Optional MemorialRead more ...From th ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Remembering and Making PresentSixth Sunday of EasterOur reading of The Farewell Discourse in John’s Gospel (13:31-17:26) continues in the Gospel for today as Jesus makes a number of promises to the disciples. Throughout John’s Gospel the word that Jesus speaks is about his boundless affection for the Father and the disciples. Another favourite theme of John is that, just as the Father and Jesus abide together in love, they will also come to abide in the heart of the disciple. Jesus does no ...Continue Reading

  *International Formation Course Brings Together 40 of Order’s Formators in Perú*The General Formation Commission organized an international course for formators and vocation promotors.* *The theme was “Constantly Renew Our Lives to Adhere Radically to Christ According to the Carmelite Way of Life” (RIVC. 19). The course took place on May 5 - 17, 2025 at the Carmelite Center Villa Carmelitas in Lurín, Perú. The participants were 40 persons from America, Africa, Asia and Europe. In th ...Continue Reading

 Marc Arcis (circa 1690) Musée des Augustins de Toulouse (public domain) Saint Simon Stock, ReligiousMay 16th | Optional Memorial (Obligatory Memorial in Great Britain)As far as can be ascertained from the earliest references, Simon Stock was an English Prior General, known for his holy way of life, who died about 1265 in Bordeaux in France. After his death, miracles were recorded by those visiting his tomb and during the 14th century a local cult developed in Bordeaux.Around 1400, a separate legend eme ...Continue Reading