CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE  INITIUM NOVITIATUS*06-01-24  Iuliana Ciceu (CAR) Carpinento Romano, Italia 07-01-24  Any Marcela de la Sagrada Familia Gómez Cárdenas (COR) Córdoba, ES 07-01-24. Ma Alejandra del Amor Crucificado Ocampo Murcia (COR) Córdoba, ESPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*21-11-23  Mary Josephine of Nativity  (MAC)  Machakos, Kenya 21-11-23  Mary Neema of St. John of the Cross  (MAC)  Machakos, Kenya 21-11-23  Mary Margaret of Our ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 2 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 2 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 2 articoli qui sotto + +     +     + +       +       +&nb ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Called to be a Living Gospel2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time*This Sunday could very well be called ‘Vocation Sunday’. Both the first reading and the Gospel are stories of call and response. The episode we read in the first reading is well described as ‘Samuel’s Call.’ Taken together with the Gospel, it’s hard to escape the thought that this Sunday is Vocation Sunday for all disciples. Just as God calls Samuel and Eli points the way, Jesus calls Andrew and the other disciple and John the Bapti ...Continue Reading

Guercino (1630) - Public Domain St. Andrew Corsini, BishopJanuary 9th | Feast"He administered the office entrusted to him like a saint. He is rightly held up to all the pastors of the Church as a model of an outstanding bishop... He was so kind and helpful to the poor and needy that he could only think of them in tears. It is well-known that no poor person ever left him sad." These words of Bishop Francis Venturi (Rome 1629) refer to St. Andrew Corsini. He lived the words of Jesus in an exemplary way: &qu ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 01-12-23 P. Ambrosio González Cerezo (Beat) 21-03-29 05-10-45 30-09-50 28-06-53 06-12-23 Fr. Martin Pierik Carmen (Phil) 15-05-44 22-08-64 01-07-67 03-07-71 15-12-23 Fr. Eef van Vilsteren (Neer) 20-05-45 05-09-66 06-09-69 20-04-74 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

  Carmo, Praga, Portugal St. Peter Thomas, BishopJanuary 8th | FeastPeter Thomas was a true Carmelite, not only in his relationship to Mary as the Queen and Decor  Carmeli, but also in the way he lived his life according to the customs of the Order. However, his special commitment and concern was primarily for the unity of Christians. He constantly strove for reconciliation between the Church of Rome and the Orthodox Christians who had separated from the See of Peter in 1054. He developed an intensiv ...Continue Reading

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

Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., The Adoration in the Forest (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., La adoración en el bosque (Gemäldegalerie, Berlín) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., L'adorazione nel bosco (Gemäldegalerie, Berlino) Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.Luke 2: 10-11All of us at the Office of Communications for the Carmeli ...Continue Reading

  Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., The Adoration of the Shepherds (Spoleto, Italy) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., La Adoración de los pastores (Spoleto, Italia) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., L'adorazione dei pastori (Spoleto, Italia) IN SOLLEMNITATE NATIVITATIS DOMINI /Et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis supra gregem suum. Et angelus Domini ... dixit: "Nolite timere; ecce enim evangelizo vobis gaudium magnum, quod erit omni populo, quia natus est vobis hodie Salvator, qu ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: God is With Us!Nativity of the Lord*We began Advent with the cry, ‘Come, Lord Jesus’.Now we end it with the joyful shout, ‘God is with us!’ Reflecting on the historical birth of Jesus, the Church proclaims the truth that God is, and has always been, with his people. And if God is with us, then God is for us. God is on our side.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - Christmas - Nativity of the Lord [PDF][*]Celebrating At Home - Christmas - Nativity of the Lord [ePub]N.B. P ...Continue Reading