Celebrating at Home: From Temptation to Transfiguration1st Sunday in Lent*Our great Lenten journey has begun! It’s a journey which begins in ash and ends in water.We begin Lent in the ash of acknowledging our own part in harbouring, creating and doing evil - those places in our hearts where the fire of anger, bitterness, selfishness or narrowness of mind and heart has left nothing but cold ash.The ash is a reminder that our true life is not found in mortal things which eventually turn to dust, but in eternal ...Continue Reading

  Carmelite NGOLenten Calendar: Transformation Begins at a TableThe observance of Lent has always involved food-fasting and abstinence. The Sisters of Charity of New York and Saint Elizabeth have decided to decided to focus on foodprint/food justice and offer this simple calendar for the season of Lent and the Triduum for your reflection.  To View the Calendar  +       +       + Carmelite Institute of North AmericaDaily Lenten Reflectio ...Continue Reading

 The Province of Malta Celebrates Its Elections in First Part of the Provincial Chapter During the first part of the Provincial Chapter held February 5-9, 2024, the elections of the leadership of the Province of Malta took place. The gathering was held at the Dar il-Ħanin Samaritan Center of the Society of Christian Doctine (M.U.S.E.U.M.) whose founder was St. George Preca, a Third Order Carmelite. During the meetings, the elections for the the prior provincial and councilors were held. Míċéal O'Neill ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Continuing the Journey with Jesus6th Sunday in Ordinary Time*Following last week’s Gospel, Jesus has set out to preach and heal in the other towns of Galilee when a leper comes to him and pleads for healing.In Biblical times people with any kind of shiny, scaly skin condition were usually considered to have leprosy. Anyone suspected of being leprous had to live outside their town for fear of spreading the disease to others. They had to leave their home and family, their job, their commun ...Continue Reading

  Photo: P. Matías Tejerina Espeso, O. Carm. Carmelite Nuns in Zaragoza, Spain, Celebrate Elective ChapterOn February 1, 2024, the triennial chapter of the Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Zaragoza, Spain, took place. Archbishop of Zaragoza, Mons. Carlos Manuel Escribano led the election of the prioress. Following the election of the prioress, the chapter reunited and continued with the elections of the other offices of the monastery.In 1614 the license for the foundation of th ...Continue Reading

 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human TraffickingJourneying In Dignity: Listen, Dream, ActThe Unions of Superiors and Superiors General of Religious Institutes have organized the Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking on February 8, 2024. That date is the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese nun, who as a child had the traumatic experience of being a victim of human trafficking.On Sunday, Pope Francis welcomed young people from many countries who came to Rome to celebrate ...Continue Reading

 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human TraffickingJourneying In Dignity: Listen, Dream, ActThe Unions of Superiors and Superiors General of Religious Institutes have organized the Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking on February 8, 2024. That date is the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese nun, who as a child had the traumatic experience of being a victim of human trafficking.On Sunday, Pope Francis welcomed young people from many countries who came to Rome to celebrate ...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 + +       +       + Panagia Karmiotissa, LimassolChris06, CC BY-SA ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: On the Journey with Jesus5th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The story of Jesus’ first day of ministry in Capernaum continues in the Gospel for this Sunday. After leaving the synagogue where he has healed the possessed man Jesus goes to Simon’s house. He heals Simon’s mother-in-law and restores her to her rightful place as hospitality provider - a sacred ministry in Jewish households. That evening, after sunset, after the Sabbath day was over, people begin to bring the sick and possessed to ...Continue Reading

Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph, virginFebruary 1st | Optional Memorial in Latin AmericaBl Candelaria was born Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez in 1863. She enthusiastically welcomed the call of God to holiness, and since her youth, stood out in practicing living and effective charity, with which she cared for, consoled and healed the sick and wounded that strife had left on the streets of her birth city.Read more ...Homily at the Beatification Mass for Bl CandelariaApril 27, 2008+      &nbs ...Continue Reading