November – Noviembre – Novembre  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 - November 2024[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Pdf] (1.79 MB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [ePub] (216 KB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Mobi] (1.07 MB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Car ...Continue Reading

 November – Noviembre – Novembre  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 - November 2024[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Pdf] (1.79 MB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [ePub] (216 KB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Mobi] (1.07 MB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Car ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: What Do You Want Me to Do for You?30th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThere are all kinds of blindness - physical, lack of insight or perception, an unwillingness to see a confronting reality, and so on. For many weeks now we have travelled with Jesus and the disciples as they head towards Jerusalem. Many times, the disciples have seemed almost wilfully blind to understanding the mission of Jesus. Jesus has been instructing the disciples about his mission and their call to be true followers of his. As ...Continue Reading

Participants at Barracks 26, Dachau Concentration CampOctober 6-16, 2024Internation Ongoing Formation Program Celebrates the Life of St. Titus Brandsma, O. Carm.An international ongoing formation course visiting places from the life of Titus Brandsma took place in the Netherlands and Germany from October 6-16, 2024. The conference focused on the life of St. Titus Brandsma as Carmelite, Professor, Journalist, and Martyr: Contemplation, the Dynamic Element that Unifies Them (RIVC, 28). Participants received a variety of p ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Servants, Not Masters29th Sunday in Ordinary TimeOne might be forgiven for wondering at just how slow the disciples are in getting Jesus’ message. For weeks he has been instructing them about the Kingdom of God and the conversion of heart needed to be his followers.This Sunday’s Gospel episode shows that, yet again, they just don’t get it. This time it is James and John, who together with Peter form the ‘inner circle’, the group of disciples closest to Jesus. James and John are asking for the h ...Continue Reading

Carmel of Mary -- Wahpeton, North Dakota (USA) CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 12-09-24  Mary Domitilla Ndumi of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, KenyaPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*14-09-24  David Jonathan Rodríguez  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep Dominicana 14-09-24  Johan David Domínguez Guzmán  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep                 Dominicana 14-09-24  Yonny de Jesús Báez Lo ...Continue Reading

Carmel of Mary -- Wahpeton, North Dakota (USA)CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 12-09-24  Mary Domitilla Ndumi of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, KenyaPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*14-09-24  David Jonathan Rodríguez  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep Dominicana 14-09-24  Johan David Domínguez Guzmán  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep                 Dominicana 14-09-24  Yonny de Jesús Báez Lora&nb ...Continue Reading

  St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 15 | FeastSaint Teresa of Avila is among the most important figures of all time for Catholic spirituality. Her works - especially the four best known (The Life, The Way of Perfection, The Mansions and The Foundations) - together with her more historical works, contain a doctrine which encompasses the whole of the spiritual life, from the first steps right up to intimacy with God at the centre of the Interior Castle. Her Letters show her occupied wit ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Nothing is Impossible for God28th Sunday in Ordinary TimeIn the Jewish tradition, wealth was seen as a blessing from God and the wealthy person as especially favoured by God. Along with the idea of divine blessing and favour came a divine obligation (often ignored) – the care of God’s poor.As the conversation between the rich man and Jesus unfolds, we see that he a good and upright man. The commandments which Jesus spells out are those to do with one’s treatment of others. Read more ...[*]Celeb ...Continue Reading

  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