Celebrating at Home: Close Encounters with the Kingdom of God17th Sunday in Ordinary Time*In the Gospel, Jesus compares the Kingdom to treasure hidden in a field, to a merchant on the lookout for fine pearls and to a fisherman’s dragnet which brings in a very mixed catch.The point of the parables is the behavior of the people in them.Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF][*]Celebrating At Home - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time [ePub].     .      .& ...Continue Reading

 St. Titus Brandsma, priest and martyrJuly 27 | Obligatory Memorial (Feast: Ger, Phil, Del Colombia)A noted writer and journalist, in 1935, St. Titus was appointed adviser to the Dutch bishops for Catholic journalists. In the period leading up to and during the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands, he argued passionately against the National Socialist ideology, basing his stand on the Gospels. He continually defended the right to freedom in education and for a free the Catholic Press. As a result, he was imprisoned.H ...Continue Reading

Fray Pablo Ma. de la Cruz Alonzo Hidalgo, O. Carm. Young Spanish Carmelite Dies Weeks After Profession Less than a month after his solemn profession “in articulo mortis” (at the point of death), 21-year-old Carmelite Pablo Ma. de la Cruz Alonzo Hidalgo died. He died on July 15, the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The prior provincial of the Province of Aragón, Castilla, and Valencia (ACV), Salvador Villota Herrero, announced the young Carmelites death. Fr. Salvador had received the solemn profes ...Continue Reading

 St. Joachim and St. Anne, Protectors of the OrderJuly 26 | MemorialThe Carmelite Order celebrates, with special devotion its Saints, gathering in them the most living and genuine expression of the Charism and the spirituality of the Order throughout the centuries. The feast of the Protectors of the Order is celebrated with special solemnity that is the feast of Saints Joseph, Joachim and Anne.           Read more+         ...Continue Reading

 Photo: Kamero Media CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE  INITIUM NOVITIATUS*30-06-23  Sydney Mukwenha (Hib-Zim) 30-06-23  Tallon Tafirenyika (Hib-Zim) 30-06-23  Blessmore Murimambeva (Hib-Zim)PROFESSIO TEMPORANEA* 01-07-23  Christino Ray Chengetayi Chiveza (Hib-Zim) Christi Mambo, Zimbabwe 01-07-23  Tshepo Sande (Hib-Zim) Christi Mambo, Zimbabwe 01-07-23  Edward Kudzai Mukomberanwa (Hib-Zim) Christi Mambo, Zimbabwe 01-07-23  Percy Fari Kuka (Hib-Zim) Christi Mambo, Zimbabwe 01-07-2 ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Patient Gardener16th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The section of St Matthew’s Gospel from which we are now reading concerns the Kingdom of God. Jesus uses this expression frequently in his teaching. The Kingdom is not heaven, it is the life and heart of God.We live in the Kingdom when we live according to the mind and heart of God. The Kingdom, or reign of God, breaks into human reality when human beings live, breathe and act out of the life of God; when the heart of God becomes ours; whe ...Continue Reading

 Solemnity of Elijah, ProphetJuly 20Elijah's memory was kept alive especially on Mount Carmel where he challenged the people to stop hobbling first on one foot and then on the other but to choose who is God in Israel - Yahweh or Baal.            Read more  +           +           +Solemnidad de Elías, Profeta20 JulioLa memoria de Elías se ...Continue Reading

IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO/Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera,//splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris./ MÍCEÁL PRIOR GENERALIS DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS*16.VII.2023 Video Message of the Prior General Message of the Prior GeneralMensaje en vídeo del Prior GeneralMensaje del Prior GeneralVideo messaggio del Priore GeneraleMessaggio del Priore Generale+        +   &nbs ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Becoming Rich Soil15th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The section of St Matthew’s Gospel from which we are now reading concerns the Kingdom of God. Jesus uses this expression frequently in his teaching. The Kingdom is not heaven, it is the life and heart of God. We live in the Kingdom when we live according to the mind and heart of God. The Kingdom, or reign of God, breaks into human reality when human beings live, breathe and act out of the life of God; when the heart of God becomes ours; ...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 ++     +     + Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount CarmelA Novena by the Province of Australia ...Continue Reading