Celebrating at Home: The Forgiving Father4th Sunday of LentThis Sunday’s Gospel is a parable of lavish and unexpected forgiveness and reconciliation. It is one of three parables in which God’s mercy breaks through all human and religious restrictions about how God should act toward sinners.The Gospel offers not just the hope of God’s forgiveness but the certainty of it. The message today is: Rejoice in God’s abiding mercy!Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 4th Sunday in Lent [PDF] (3.97 MB)[*]Celebrating At Home ...Continue Reading

January 22-February 1, 2025Communications Directors of the Order Meet for a Variety of Conferences and to Celebrate the Jubilee of CommunicationsProfessional Development Conference at University of Santa Croce Explores the Church's EvangelizationFor more information ...Jubilee of World Communications Celebrated in RomeFor more information ...Pope Francis Invites the Group to Meet With HimDirectors of Communications for Religious Orders and Congregations as well as Bishops' Conferences Meet to StrategizeFor more inf ...Continue Reading

 St. Cecilia Church, Englewood, New Jersey, USA.Photo © Melissa MonsalvePatron of the Good DeathSt. Joseph, Principal Protector of the OrderMarch 19th | SolemnityFor a Christian, the good death, according to Pope Francis, is an experience of the mercy of God, who comes close to us even in that last moment of our life. According to Catholic tradition, St Joseph is considered the model of the pious believer who received grace at the moment of death.Although lacking any historical data, this tradition grew out of ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 31-01-25  Ansbert Ananta Malik (STSA) Kerala, India 31-01-25  Justin Sajan Nayak (STSA) Kerala, India 31-01-25  Gabriel Abhilash Naya (STSA) Kerala, India 31-01-25  Pius Prasanta Toppo (STSA) Kerala, India 02-02-25  Hannah Maria vom Wort Gottes (Sieg)PROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*25-01-25  Mary Ann Nzilani Muia of the Passion of Christ 02-02-25  Aquinas Sumanth (STSA) Kerala, India 02-02-25  Lawrence Lazar Paltasing (STSA) Kerala, India 02-02-25&n ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Transfiguration2nd Sunday of LentThis Sunday’s Gospel of the Transfiguration completes the ‘little parable’ formed by the Gospels of the first two Sundays of Lent.These Gospels tell us what Lent is about and what Christian life is about: a journey from temptation and doubt to transfiguration and faith. A journey away from allowing ourselves to be tempted to evil, and towards allowing ourselves to be tempted to good by the action of God’s Holy Spirit within us.Our life as Christians is about being tr ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Temptation to Transfiguration1st Sunday of LentOur great Lenten journey has begun. It’s a journey which begins in ash and ends in water. Fire is a profound part of our experience. We know its power to destroy, blacken and reduce to ash.As always, the Gospels of the first two Sundays in Lent provide a road map for our Lenten journey from temptation (this Sunday) to transfiguration (next Sunday).Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 1st Sunday in Lent [PDF] (2.83 MB)[*]Celebrating At Home - 1st S ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 28-12-24 Br. Adriaan Groenewegen  (Neer) 24-08-32 07-05-56 07-05-59 02-02-25 P. Francisco Guzmán Ruiz  (Beat) 22-02-36 03-10-54 13-10-57 15-07-62 11-02-25 Fr. Ben Wolbers (Neer) 28-08-45 30-08-65 07-09-68 19-08-72 24-02-25 Fr. David Dillon (PCM) 25-01-39 15-08-59 07-02-63 27-05-65 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

Liturgy and Prayer Congress | May 5-10, 2025Encountering the Risen Lord: Liturgy and Prayer in Carmel TodayThe program for the Liturgy & Prayer Congress will take place in the Carmelite center (Istituto Madonna del Carmine “Il Carmelo”, in Sassone) just outside of Rome. It begins on the evening of Monday, May 5th at 7pm and finishes after lunch on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The overall theme of the Congress is Encountering the Risen Lord: Liturgy and Prayer in Carmel Today. The primary focus of the Congress is mor ...Continue Reading

 March –  Marzo– Marzo  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 - March 2025[*]Lectio Divina March, 2025 [Pdf] (1.85 MB)[*]Lectio Divina March, 2025 [ePub] (191 KB)[*]Lectio Divina March, 2025 [Mobi] (783 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Sound Tree, Good Fruit8th Sunday of Ordinary TimeWe live in a world of words thanks to modern mass media and, particularly, social media. We have seen the extremely harmful way in which words can be used in harsh judgement against other people, and the sheer vitriol of some on social media gives us pause for thought. It begs us to ask the question, implied in the first reading for today (Eccl 27:4-7), ‘What do my words reveal about who I am?’Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home -8th Sunday ...Continue Reading