Celebrating at Home: The Image of God29th Sunday in Ordinary Time*What is on display in this story from Matthew’s Gospel is not Jesus’ clever reply, but the image of God he presents.Even knowing the plot of the Pharisees and Herodians, Jesus does not refuse to enter into dialogue with them. He is the Word of God always willing to be in conversation with human beings.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF][*]Celebrating At Home - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time [ePub] ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 3 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 3 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 3 articoli qui sotto +  +     +     + *Congress on Titus Brandsma Held at Nijmegan's Radboud University *Approximatel ...Continue Reading

  Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation Commission of the Carmelite Order*Statement of the Carmelite JPIC Commission on Current World Conflicts*We members of the International Carmelite Commission for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, gathered in Rome from October 13-16 to plan the tasks for the coming year, would like to send you our message of peace, solidarity and fraternity for our brothers and sisters killed and wounded through acts of terrorism and war.We make the Pope Francis' words ...Continue Reading

 St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 15 | FeastKnown to her family as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, she became the reformer of Carmel, mother of the Discalced Carmelite nuns and friars, "spiritual mother" (as is engraved under her statue in the Vatican Basilica), patron of Catholic writers (from 1965) and Doctor of the Church (1970), the first woman with Saint Catherine of Siena to ever receive this last title.Saint Teresa is among the most important figures of all time for Catholic ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Invitations Refused and Accepted28th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The third of the parables addressed to the chief priests and the elders is our Gospel today. Told in the context of a wedding feast given by a great King it’s a parable in three parts.The first part is about God’s gracious invitation and its indifferent and sometimes violent refusal by those invited first (the religious and lay leaders).Second part: God’s invitation having been rejected by the first to whom it was offered, is n ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Stewards of God's Gift27th Sunday in Ordinary Time*In last Sunday’s parable, Jesus addressed the Jerusalem priests and elders with a message that “action speaks louder than words”.This Sunday, Jesus continues his address to them, building upon that message by using another parable.This week’s parable asks us how we have used the gifts that God has entrusted to us. It is essentially a parable about stewardship.Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF][*]Cele ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 3 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 3 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 3 articoli qui sotto +  +     +     + *Prior General on the 100th Anniversary of the Indonesian Province*This year is ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 3 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 3 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 3 articoli qui sotto +  +     +     + *Prior General on the 100th Anniversary of the Indonesian Province*Since July 2 ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 14-09-23 Br. Frans Hilckmann (Neer) 16-08-41 12-03-60 16-03-64 22-09-23 Fr. Hans Lansink (Neer) 25-01-29 04-09-50 04-09-53 15-07-56 22-09-23 Fr. Gerard Westenforp (Neer) 09-07-39 10-09-58 10-09-61 25-07-64 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

 Photo courtesy of Province of Indonesia Carmelite Nuns in Batu, Indonesia Celebrate Elective ChapterThe nuns of the community of the Flos Carmeli Carmelite Monastery held their triennial elective Chapter on September 24, 2023.The Indonesian nuns from the St. Mary Magdalene monastery in Boxmeer, Netherlands, and three nuns from Holy Trinity monastery in Schlüsselau, Germany, founded the Carmelite monastery in Batu in 1962. The bishop of Malang at the time was Everard Ioannis (Avertani) Albers, O. Carm.It ...Continue Reading