Celebrating at Home: An Empty Tomb, Lives Changed Forever, Enduring PresenceEaster SundayIt’s not hard for us to share Mary’s sense of emptiness and bewilderment when she arrives at the tomb. If we were to read the next few verses from John’s Gospel, we would read a story of overwhelming joy as Mary Magdalen meets the risen Jesus. When Jesus speaks her name, Mary recognises him and sadness and emptiness give way to joyful reunion.It’s a story of transformation-how things can change when we meet the risen Jes ...Continue Reading

 April – Abril – Aprile  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 - April 2024[*]Lectio Divina April 2024 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina April 2024 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina April 2024 [Mobi]  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to CITOC News at ocarm.org-- ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Love Revealed in the Passion*Good Friday*The Passion of Jesus according to JohnNear the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, an ...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 Order Of ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Washing Feet, Sharing Bread and Wine: Love Poured Our in Service*Holy Thursday*On this night we recall Jesus’ commandment to love one another, his washing of the disciples’ feet and the breaking of the bread of his own life, not just at table, but also on the altar of the Cross, for the healing and nourishment of the world. The liturgy on Holy Thursday is a meditation on the essential connection between the Eucharist and Christian love expressed in serving one another. Read more&nbs ...Continue Reading

  Photo courtesy of Miguel Bacigalupo, O. Carm.  The Carmelite Nuns in Camaná (Arequipa), Peru, Celebrate Their Triennial Elective ChapterOn March 17th, the enclosed nuns of the Carmelite monastery of Most Holy Trinity  in Camaná, Peru, celebrated their triennial chapter. The monastery was founded in 1966 from the cloistered Carmelite monastery in Onteniente, Spain.The results of the elective chapter were as follows:+       +     &n ...Continue Reading

  Photo courtesy of the monastery website The Carmelite Nuns in Ostuni, Italy, Celebrate Their Elective ChapterFrom March 11-13th, the Carmelite community of the monastery of the Most Pure Blood of Christ celebrated its triennial elections. The monastery is located in Ostuni (Brindisi) Italy.In 1730 the Carmelite nuns from the town of Fasano made the foundation in Ostuni. The community survived the suppressions of the last century; two other Pugliese monasteries (Putignano which was founded in 1552 and Fa ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Love RevealedPalm Sunday*First thing in the morning, the chief priests together with the elders and scribes, in short the whole Sanhedrin, had their plan ready. They had Jesus bound and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “It is you who say it” he answered. And the chief priests brought many accusations against him.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord [PDF][*]Celebratin ...Continue Reading

  St. Joseph, Principal Protector of the OrderMarch 19 | SolemnityThe liturgical feast of the Saint Patriarch already appeared in the Carmelite Order in the second half of the XV century. In 1680 the General Chapter unanimously elected Saint Joseph as the principal protector of the Order.In 1847 Pius IX declared him as Patron of the Universal Church and John XXIII inserted his name in the Roman Canon.Read more ...St. Joseph, A Saint For Our Timeby Christopher O'Donnell, O. Carm.+     & ...Continue Reading

  CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE  INITIUM NOVITIATUS* 01-02-24  Aquinas Sumant (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, India 01-02-24. Lawrence Lazar (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, India 01-02-24  Simon Sameer (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, India 01-02-24  James Naik (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, IndiaPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*17-12-23  Lyon Mendonça Costa (Flum) São Paulo, Brazil07-01-23  Douglas Newton (Flum) São Paulo, Brazil07-01-23  Helbert Muniz (Flum) São Paulo, Brazil07-01-23  Higor Fer ...Continue Reading