General Chapter of the Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria Held in CaracasSee More PicturesFrom August 30 to September 6, 2024, the Congregation of the Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria celebrated their XVII General Chapter. “Walking Together in Communion, Participation and Mission” was chosen as the theme of the gathering.The General Chapter was held at the generalate in Caracas-DC, Venezuela, with the participation of 31 sisters from the congregation’s communities in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazi ...Continue Reading

  General Chapter of the Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria Held in CaracasFrom August 30 to September 6, 2024, the Congregation of the Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria celebrated their XVII General Chapter. “Walking Together in Communion, Participation and Mission” was chosen as the theme of the gathering.The General Chapter was held at the generalate in Caracas-DC, Venezuela, with the participation of 31 sisters from the congregation’s communities in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil.After a previou ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Gracious and Generous Love27th Sunday in Ordinary TimeNo doubt, many will find this Sunday’s Gospel difficult reading. One of the great themes of Mark’s Gospel is that, in Jesus, all things are being restored to God’s original purpose. That gives us a bit of context for the words of Jesus.Among Jewish scholars and rabbis of Jesus’ time there was often fierce debate about the grounds for divorce permitted by Jewish Law (Deuteronomy 24:1). ]The words of Jesus make clear that marriage is part of God’s ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 11-06-24 Sor Ma. Angélica de la Eucaristia Verdugo (DUM) 28-03-37 20-10-56 08-11-59 01-08-24 Hna. María Nuria de S. MM de Pazzi Sabé Molins (BAR) 12-02-27 21-04-49 30-04-52 30-09-24 Sr. Lucy of Mary Mukonyo Kyengo (MAC) 12-09-85 15-08-14 14-09-19 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

  Congress of Lay Carmelites Held in Rome September 15-21, 2024, to Discuss Formation, Service, Fraternity, and PrayerThe Carmelite retreat center Il Carmelo, located in Sassone, Italy, hosted 200 members of the Carmelite Laity from 30 nations for a week of conferences and sharing experiences about formation, service, fraternity and prayer in their lives and in their local communities. The theme of the Congress was Lay Carmelites: Called to Ignite the World.Luis José Maza Subero, General Councilor and l ...Continue Reading

  St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 1 | FeastFor the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Communications Office is proud to present three reflections on her life and teaching by Fr. Giampiero Molinari, a member of the Italian Province. These three conferences were part of the ongoing formation program for the European region. The first conference was given in October 2023, the 150th anniversary of the birth of the saint and the 100th anniversary of her b ...Continue Reading

 October – Octubre – Ottobre  2024 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivina ENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - October 2024[*]Lectio Divina October, 2024 [Pdf] (1.87 MB)[*]Lectio Divina October, 2024 [ePub] (233 KB)[*]Lectio Divina October, 2024 [Mobi] (1.36 MB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Ord ...Continue Reading

  Order's Communications Directors to Meet in RomeThe directors of communications programs in each of the Carmelite Order’s provinces, delegations, and commissaries have been invited to participate in six days of presentations and discussions in Rome from January 22 through 27.The group will first participate in a biennial conference at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce. Entitled Communication and Evangelization: Context, Attitudes, and Experiences, the conference is focused on questions raised abo ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Doing Good in the Name of Jesus26th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe disciples are on a steep learning curve as Jesus instructs them about what true discipleship is all about. In this Sunday’s Gospel, when they report that they tried to stop someone casting out devils in Jesus’ name just because ‘he was not one of us’, they probably expected praise from Jesus. Instead, they got a rebuke.True discipleship is not about holding the mystery of the Kingdom to our self, to dispense as we see fit, deciding who m ...Continue Reading

  +       +       ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 4 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 4 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 4 articoli qui sotto ++       +       +  A Carmelite Paris ...Continue Reading