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

 St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 1 | FeastThe year 2023 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marie-Francoise Thérèse Martin on January 2 in Alençon in the Normandy region in northwest France. In 1888 she became a cloistered Discalced Carmelite nun in the town of Lisieux where her family had moved following her mother’s death. Following her death on September 30, 1897, of tuberculosis at the age of 24, she became known around the world as St. Th&e ...Continue Reading

  *October - Octubre - Ottobre 2023*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 - October 2023[*]Lectio Divina October 2023 [Pdf] Download here[*]Lectio Divina October 2023 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina October 2023 [Mobi] Download here .     .     ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Disobedient Obedience26th Sunday in Ordinary Time*Over the next three Sundays we will listen to three parables where Jesus, having cleansed the temple, addresses the Jerusalem priests and elders. These “parables of judgement” voice God’s judgement against Israel – especially her leaders – for their rejection of Jesus.The message, however, is also for us.In this Sunday’s parable, the message could not be simpler: action speaks louder than words.Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 2 ...Continue Reading