Free Online Seminar | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (European)The Carmelite Institute of Malta Online Seminar: Disenchantment and HopeOn May 25, the Carmelite Institue of Malta is sponsoring a free English language seminar by Michael Farrugia, O. Carm. Registration is by email: institut@PROTECTED In recent years many discussion have centered on the problem of disenchantment, which primarily is the loss of meaning or value. The term was first coined by the German sociologist Max Weber. Although thought to be a distinctly ...Continue Reading

  May 25 | FeastSt. Mary Magdelen de' Pazzi, virginBorn into the noble family of Pazzi in Florence in 1566, Mary Magdelene had a deep sense of the presence of God, a great love of the Eucharist, and a longing to live a penitential life. She entered the cloistered Carmelite monastery of St. Mary of the Angels in Florence, near the Carmelite church. She underwent continuous physical suffering and severe spiritual trials but also experienced God's mercy with extraordinary graces. She died on May 25, 1607.She was ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: God Enfleshed in Us Most Holy Trinity A quick look at the readings for today shows very clearly that the Feast of the Trinity is a celebration of God’s love for humankind. It is a day for reflecting on who God is, not for trying to figure out how there can be three persons in one God. The Church’s focus today is on experience, not theology. In intellectual terms, God remains a mystery. For people of faith, God is known not by the mind, but by the heart. That is what spirituality and mysticism ar ...Continue Reading

 2025 General Chapter Convoked by the Prior General September 9-26, 2025 | Malang, IndonesiaThe Prior General Míċeál O’Neill convoked the 2025 General Chapter by letter on May 16, the feast of St. Simon Stock. The meeting will take place September 9-26, 2025, at the Harris Convention Center in Malang, Indonesia.The General Council chose You Must Have Some Sort of Work to Do (Rule 20): Our Contemplative Fraternity Discerns Its Mission as the theme for the Chapter. Building on previous work do ...Continue Reading

  May 22 | Optional MemorialSt. Joachina de Vedruna, religiousSaint Joachina was born on April 16, 1783 in Barcelona, Spain. She wanted to become a Carmelite cloistered nun but was rejected due to her young age. In 1799, at age 16, she married Theodore de Mas but was widowed in 1816. She brought up nine children, three of whom died at an early age, with loving care.In 1826, guided by the Holy Spirit, she founded the Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Charity which spread throughout Catalonia, opening numerou ...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 ++       +       +   *Triennial ...Continue Reading

Investiture at Carmelite Monastery of Allentown (USA) Toma de hábito en el Monasterio Carmelita de Allentown (EEUU) Vestizione presso il Monastero Carmelitano di Allentown (USA) CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEORDINATIO DIACONALIS*19-03-24  Wanderson Luiz Freitas (Pern) Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brasil 27-04-24  Elysée Kombi Kalihi (Ita-Congo) Butembo, RepCongo 27-04-24. Clement Kanyoro Biaruhanga (Ita-Congo) Butembo, RepCongo 27-04-24  Elisée Kasereka Kayilanda (Ita-Congo) Bute ...Continue Reading

 May 16 | Optional Memorial (Obligatory Memorial in Great Britain)St. Simon Stock, religiousSimon 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 emerged in the Low Countries of a "holy Simon" who had a vision of Our Lady, in which she appeared to him bearing the scapular. The scapular ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Sent to be God's Love in the WorldPentecostAt 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. It would be wrong to think that this gift happened only once, in one moment of history. In fact, 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. Th ...Continue Reading

 May 12 | 58th AnnualWorld Communications Day Celebrated on Sunday, May 12thPope Francis has dedicated his message for the 58th annual celebration of World Communications Day to a discussion of the wisdom of the human heart “to look at things with God’s eyes, to see connections, situations, events and to uncover their real meaning.” His statement for the occasion is entitled /Artificial Intelligence and the Wisdom of the Heart: Towards a Fully Human Communication/. The pope writes that AI is “radically affecting th ...Continue Reading