2024 Irish Provincial Chapter Confirms New LeadershipThe Irish Provincial Chapter was held in Gort Muire Carmelite Centre (Dublin) from Sunday, June 9th to Friday, June 14, 2024. On the Sunday evening, the members of the Chapter gathered in the Chapel for a liturgy to open the Provincial Chapter.The Prior General confirmed the new Prior Provincial, Simon Nolan, in office. He also confirmed in office the Provincial Councillors, Fintan Burke, Simplisio Manyika, Brain McKay and James Eivers. The Provincial then confi ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS*12-05-24  Fátima Azarias Mutevule (BAR) Barcelona, EspañaORDINATIO DIACONALIS*07-06-24  Fabianus Gatin Belang (Indo) 07-06-24  Adelbertus Zakharias Kasman (Indo) 07-06-24  Gustavianus Mailino Tevi (Indo) 07-06-24  Alexander Raymond Dhena (Indo) 07-06-24  Heronimus Muga Wio (Indo)07-06-24  Arnoldus Reban (Indo)07-06-24  Bonefasius Afandi (Indo)07-06-24  Wilibrodus Ironius Sebho (Indo)ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS*08-05-24&nbs ...Continue Reading

June 14 | Memorial St. Elisha, prophet The biblical cycle of Elisha (2 Kgs) is strongly linked with that of Elijah. Elisha's calling is placed after the theophany of the Horeb (1 Kgs 19: 16-21). According to the divine order, he is the one who is to succeed the Tishbite; Elisha therefore becomes Elijah’s servant and disciple (2 Kgs 3:11). Like Elijah, Elisha is presented by the Church Fathers as a Christ figure, as a thaumaturge. He is also presented as a model for monastic life. Numerous Church Fathers attest to Eli ...Continue Reading

June 14 | Memorial St. Elisha, prophet The biblical cycle of Elisha (2 Kgs) is strongly linked with that of Elijah. Elisha's calling is placed after the theophany of the Horeb (1 Kgs 19: 16-21). According to the divine order, he is the one who is to succeed the Tishbite; Elisha therefore becomes Elijah’s servant and disciple (2 Kgs 3:11). Like Elijah, Elisha is presented by the Church Fathers as a Christ figure, as a thaumaturge. He is also presented as a model for monastic life. Numerous Church Fathers attest to Eli ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: What is the Kingdom of God Like? 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Parables are meant to leave the hearers wondering. They are not straight-forward answers to questions. They are food for thought. By using parables Jesus is trying to engage his listeners at a deeper level. He wants his teaching to seize their hearts. He wants them to discover the truth of what he is saying for themselves. It is part of the business of conversion - coming to see with new eyes. In Mark’s Gospel the Kingdom is not ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: What is the Kingdom of God Like? 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Parables are meant to leave the hearers wondering. They are not straight-forward answers to questions. They are food for thought. By using parables Jesus is trying to engage his listeners at a deeper level. He wants his teaching to seize their hearts. He wants them to discover the truth of what he is saying for themselves. It is part of the business of conversion - coming to see with new eyes. In Mark’s Gospel the Kingdom is not ...Continue Reading

  June 12 | Optional MemorialBl. Hilary Januszewski, priest and martyrHilary Januszewski was born on 11 June 1907 in Krajenki (Poland) and was given the name of Pawel. He received a Christian education from his parents, Martin and Marianne. In 1927 entered the Order of Carmel. He completed his noviciate in Leopoli and on 30 December 1928 made his simple profession. At the end of his philosophical studies in Cracow he was sent to Collegio Internazionale Sant'Alberto, Rome. He was ordained priest on 15 July 1934 ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The New Family of Jesus10th Sunday of Ordinary TimeToday’s Gospel opens with the chaotic scene of a huge crowd gathered around the house where Jesus is. It’s such a busy scene that Jesus and the disciples have no time even to have a meal.This spectacle provokes both the relatives of Jesus and some scribes from Jerusalem into action. The relatives think Jesus is mad; the scribes think he is possessed.Intentionally or not, both the relatives and the scribes seem intent on closing down the missio ...Continue Reading

The Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of Santa Ana Celebrated Their Triennial Elective Chapter on May 15, 2024The monastery was founded in Paterna del Campo (Huelva) in 1537, with nuns of the community of the monastery of Bethlehem (Seville) which itself was founded in 1513. After 59 years in Paterna the nuns moved to Seville “because the poverty of that place could not give the nuns what they needed.”The Carmelites arrived in Seville on July 26, 1594, the feast of St. Anne. They stayed in a house in Rosario Street for 12 ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Real Presence of Jesus in UsCorpus Christi We are very used to talking about the Real Presence of Jesus being in the Blessed Sacrament. But the real presence of Christ is also in the community when it gathers in his name.The Eucharist is not only an object to be looked at, but an action to be done so that the living presence of Jesus continues to touch and heal.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - Body and Blood of Christ [PDF][*]Celebrating At Home - Body and Blood ...Continue Reading