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

  +       +       ++ 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 ++       +       +   Carmelite C ...Continue Reading

 May 9 | Optional Memorial (Obligatory Memorial in Malta)St. George Preca, priestA diocesan priest, George Preca dedicated his life to preaching and catechesis. In 1907 he founded the Society of Christian Doctrine or MUSEUM (Magister utinam sequatur Evangelium universus mundus).He became a Lay Carmelite in 1918, and in recognition of his work in spreading devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was affiliated to the Order in 1952 by the prior general at the time, Killian Lynch.The second reading for the Liturgy of ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Called, Chosen, Sent to be God's Heart in the World Ascension of the LordThe feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel. Jesus sends the disciples out to make disciples of all nations a ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Called, Chosen, Sent to be God's Heart in the World Ascension of the LordThe feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel. Jesus sends the disciples out to make disciples of all nations a ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Called, Chosen, Sent to be God's Heart in the World Ascension of the LordThe feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel. Jesus sends the disciples out to make disciples of all nations a ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Called, Chosen, Sent to be God's Heart in the World Ascension of the LordThe feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel. Jesus sends the disciples out to make disciples of all nations a ...Continue Reading