Celebrating at Home: Let God's Love Be SeenPentecost SundayAt Pentecost we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit to the first group of Christian believers - the disciples. This gift of the Holy Spirit is the culmination of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The gifting of the Holy Spirit is a continuing event in the life of every believing person and, therefore, in every age of human history. The Holy Spirit is the presence of God with us - the enduring way in which Jesus remains present in the Church and in the ...Continue Reading

  Photo courtesy of Society of the Little Flower -- USA*Normandy Celebrates 100 Years of the Sainthood for Its Most Famous Citizen*The Catholic Church and the town of Lisieux celebrated the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face with three days of solemn celebration on May 16-18, 2025. The celebrations this year involved the entire city. Activities were planned to appeal to everyone, regardless of their age, level of faith or religious pr ...Continue Reading

Prior General's Schedule for June 2025Fr. Míċeál O'Neill, the prior general, has the following schedule planned for the month of June 2025:June 2 – 6: General Council plenary session.June 2: Jubilee pilgrimage and celebration OCARM and OCD together.June 6: Celebration of the closing of the bicentennial year of the birth of Madre Teresa Scrilli, Montevarchi, Arezzo.June 9-13: Provincial Chapter in the Province of GermanyJune 27 - 30: Convocation of Lay Carmelites in Washington, DC, via zoom. + &nb ...Continue Reading

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