St. Angelus, Priest and Martyr May 5 - Memorial Angelus is thought to have been one of the first Carmelites to return to Sicily from Mount Carmel and, according to a long-standing tradition, he was murdered in Licata during the first half of the 13th century. The cult of Saint Angelus spread throughout the Order and among ordinary lay people. Angelus and St Albert of Trapani are considered the "fathers" of the Order because they were the first two saints to have devotion in the Order. Read m ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 17-04-23 Fr. Christopher Conroy (Hib) 20-12-32 28-09-52 02-10-55 12-07-59 18-04-23 Fr. Blaise McInerney (PCM) 15-08-27 15-08-47 15-08-51 06-02-54 27-04-23 Sr. Maria Herminia de la Cruz Balite (CAB) 09-05-60 02-02-82 11-02-87 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

Bl. Angel Prat Hostench &  Companions, Martyrs May 4 - Optional Memorial (Obligatory Memorial in Provinces of Spain) In 1936 seventeen Spanish members of various Carmelite communities gave their lives in defence of and in witness to their Christian faith and consecration to Jesus Christ. On 28 July at the railway station in Tarrega, twelve religious belonging to the Tarrega community were arrested. They were moved to Clots dels Aubens di Cervera and were shot at dawn on 29 July while they called on J ...Continue Reading

  Chapter of the General Commissariat of Portugal Province HeldThe Chapter of the General Commissariat of Portugal was held from April 26-28, 2023 in Hotel Casa São Nuno in Fatima. Both the Prior General Míceál O'Neill and the General Councilor for Europe, Richard Byrne, participated.In 1251 Carmelites, coming from Mount Carmel, made a foundation in the town of Moura. In 1397 St. Nuno Álves Pereira, a hero as commander of the Portuguese in their war for independence from Castille in ...Continue Reading

  *May - Mayo - Maggio 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 - April 2023[*]Lectio Divina May 2023 [PDF] Download here[*]Lectio Divina May 2023 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina May 2023 [Mobi] Download here.     .     .ESPAÑOLLECTIO DIVIN ...Continue Reading

  Chapter of the Province of Great Britain HeldThe Provincial Chapter of the Province of Great Britain was held April 17-21, 2023, in Aylesford, Kent (England).Carmelites arrived in England about the year 1241 and quickly established a province. Records indicate a certain “W. provincial in England," in the years 1256-1257. At the time when the province was most flourishing, there were about a thousand brothers and about 37 houses. The first division of the province into two, namely, England and Ireland-Sc ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Good Shepherd Calls His Own by Name and They Recognize His VoiceFourth Sunday of Easter*The Fourth Sunday of Easter is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because no matter what reading cycle we are in, the Gospel always focusses on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.This year, the Gospel reading talks about Jesus as the ‘gate of the sheepfold’, that is, Jesus is the one through whom we truly enter into the fold of God. Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - Fourth Sund ...Continue Reading

 Monasterio di Sant'Anna - Carpineto Romano, Italia Carmelite Nuns' Federation of St. Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi Elects New LeadershipThe Electoral Assembly of the Federation of St. Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi, a federation of the Carmelite monasteries of nuns in Italy, was held April 17-20.The Federation was created, after years of cooperaton between the monasteries, on July 16, 2010.The results of the elective chapter were as follows: .     .     .  La Federación de Monjas Carme ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Strangers Share a Journey, Hearts Begin to Burn, and They Recognized HimThird Sunday of Easter*Luke’s wonderful story of the two disciples on the way to Emmaus is another story of transformation through personal encounter with the risen Jesus.It is a heart-warming story and we can easily identify with the two disciples feeling crushed by the weight of their shattered dreams. They don’t believe the story of the women that Jesus is alive.They don’t recognise the stranger when he walks besi ...Continue Reading

  Provincial Chapter of the Aragon, Castille, and Valencia Province HeldThe Provincial Chapter of the Province of Aragon, Castile and Valencia was held April 12-14, 2023, at the "St. Ignatius" Spirituality Center in Salamanca, Spain. The theme of the meeting was: "The radical witness of consecrated life. Faithful to our Carmelite charism."On April 14, 2023, in a festive atmosphere, Bishop José Luis Retana Gozalo, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo and Salamanca, visited the capitulars, thankin ...Continue Reading