+     +     ++ 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

 The General Commissary of Paraná (Brazil) Celebrates Its Fourth Electoral ChapterThe Carmelites of the General Commissariat of Paraná celebrated their triennial elective chapter from September 18-22, 2023. The gathering, held in Maringá, had as its theme "We Walk Together Towards God" from the Rule and Constitutions. The motto for the meetings was from Luke's Gospel: "Stay with us, Lord, it is late and night is coming." Míċéal O'Neill, the prior general, ...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 ++     +     + *Relic of St. Titus Brandsma Move the Philippine Church*Since July 2022, the Carmelite ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: God's Outrageous Generosity25th Sunday in Ordinary Time*For many, the parable which Jesus tells in the Gospel today seems profoundly unjust. Why should those who have done little work get the same pay as those who worked all day?Maybe the answer lies in the first reading for today: My ways are not your ways; my thoughts not your thoughts. So often in the scriptures, God seems to have a totally different way of approaching things to most of us.Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 25th Su ...Continue Reading

 Photo courtesy of Fr. Matías Tejerina Espeso, O. Carm. Carmelite Nuns in Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Huesca, Spain Celebrate Elective ChapterThe Carmelite nuns of the monastery of Our Lady of the Assumption held their triennial elective Chapter on September 1, 2023.The monastery was founded in 1656 by a Sr. Beatrice the Sheperd who brought nuns from the monastery of St. Michael, also in the town of Huesca. The monastery belongs to the Mater Unitatis Federation.The results of the ...Continue Reading