Carmelite Bishop Francisco de Sales Named to New Diocese in Brazil According to the Saturday Bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See, Bishop Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm., has been nominated as the bishop of the diocese of Mossoró in Brasil. Bishop Sales was until now bishop of the diocese of Cajazeiras in Brasil. Sales studied at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Ireland and received a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Teresianum in Rome. He served ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Growing the Kingdom33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time*Continuing the theme of last week’s parable about the wise and the foolish women, this parable also concentrates on wisdom. The wise servants fulfil the bond of trust placed in them by the master by are being productive with an enormous amount of money entrusted to them.Like last Sunday, today’s Gospel is another ‘meantime’ parable - how do we live as disciples of Christ in the meantime as we wait for his return?Read more ...  [*] ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Growing the Kingdom33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time*Continuing the theme of last week’s parable about the wise and the foolish women, this parable also concentrates on wisdom. The wise servants fulfil the bond of trust placed in them by the master by are being productive with an enormous amount of money entrusted to them.Like last Sunday, today’s Gospel is another ‘meantime’ parable - how do we live as disciples of Christ in the meantime as we wait for his return?Read more ...  [*] ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Growing the Kingdom33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time*Continuing the theme of last week’s parable about the wise and the foolish women, this parable also concentrates on wisdom. The wise servants fulfil the bond of trust placed in them by the master by are being productive with an enormous amount of money entrusted to them.Like last Sunday, today’s Gospel is another ‘meantime’ parable - how do we live as disciples of Christ in the meantime as we wait for his return?Read more ...  [*] ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Growing the Kingdom33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time*Continuing the theme of last week’s parable about the wise and the foolish women, this parable also concentrates on wisdom. The wise servants fulfil the bond of trust placed in them by the master by are being productive with an enormous amount of money entrusted to them.Like last Sunday, today’s Gospel is another ‘meantime’ parable - how do we live as disciples of Christ in the meantime as we wait for his return?Read more ...  [*] ...Continue Reading

  CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE  *PROFESSIO *SOLEMNIS*27-09-23  Maria Jeanette Candelaria Malapit (SIG) Tarlac, Philippines*ORDINATIO *SACERDOTALIS*08-09-23  Everton Ramos Cláudio (Pern) Petrolina, Brasil 31-10-23  Novaldus Adventus Wero Gedho (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 31-10-23  Yulius Dala Pede (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia31-10-23  Inosensius Sumbi Sola (Indo-Est) Maumere, Indonesia 14-11-23  Flor Vincent Toac (Phil) Quezon City, Philippines 14-11-23  Ed ...Continue Reading

 Commemoration of All Carmelite SoulsNovember 15 | Optional MemorialGathered together by one and the same love for Christ and reverence for his most beloved Mother, the members of the Carmelite family continue to love one another fraternally, whether they are engaged in the struggle for Christ on this earth, or, their earthly pilgrimage over, they await the glorious vision of the Lord. Therefore, the entire Order, united in prayer, commends to God's mercy its deceased brothers and sisters affirn that, through th ...Continue Reading

 All Carmelite SaintsNovember 14 | Feast"Like the prophet Elijah, all the Saints of Carmel have been shaped through a school of spiritual fire. They also intimated the example of Mary and made their truest expression in the experience of love and that love makes the history of the Order. They became a hymn of praise to offer to our God."Read more about the Feast ...+           +           + Todos los S ...Continue Reading

  Beatification of Mother Scrilli --- Roman Amphitheatre at Fiesole, Florence//Sunday, October 8, 2006/   Bl. Maria Teresa Scrilli, virginNovember 13 | Optional Memorial in the Italian ProvincesSome Observations on the Spirituality of Mother ScrilliFrom childhood she showed signs of extraordinary piety and, thanks to the positive influence of her teachers, cultivated her spiritual life through assiduous attendance at the sacraments and readings from the lives of the saints, especially St. Mary M ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating the End of World War I with True Peace Today*Today, November 11, we remember the end of World War I, the so-called "Great War," the "War to End All Wars," on this date at the 11th hour in 1918. Listen to the guns go silent in an recreation of the moment based on based on actual recordings.The war was not great nor did it stop future wars. As we find our world in conflict in at least 32 places 105 years after this armistice, let us make this Day of Remembrance also a Day of Pr ...Continue Reading