*April - Abril - Aprile 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 April 2023 [PDF] Download here[*]Lectio Divina April 2023 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina April 2023 [Mobi] Download here.     .     .ESPAÑOLLEC ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Let Him Go Free5th Sunday of Lent*The final of the three Great Gospels of Lent is ours today - a Gospel story of life and freedom. Like the gospels of the last two Sundays, the dramatic story of Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead is a story of love, faith and belief.One thing that is rarely commented on about this story is the image of love that pervades it. Jesus has treated the Samaritan woman with dignity, respect, gentleness and love, and reached out in love to heal ...Continue Reading

Joseph with Child - Straubing, Germany José con el Niño - Straubing, Alemania Giuseppe con bambino - Straubing, Germania Solemnity of St. Joseph, Principal Protector of the Order March 19 [Since March 19 falls on a Sunday this year, the Solemnity of St. Joseph is transfered to Monday, March 20, 2023.] The liturgical feast of the Saint Patriarch already appeared in the Carmelite Order in the second half of the XV century. In 1680 the General Chapter unanimously elected Saint Joseph ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Journey into the Light4th Sunday of Lent*In this Sunday’s Gospel we accompany the man who was born blind on his journey into the light. The first thing we read in the full version of this Gospel is that Jesus announces that the man is sinless – he has been born blind so that God’s glory can be seen at work in him. Then Jesus gives the blind man sight. Notice that the man didn’t ask to be healed – this is Jesus’ initiative, taking the first step and reaching out in love. That’s how J ...Continue Reading

 Photo | Foto: Provincia Carmelita Aragón, Castilla y Valencia Elective Chapter of the Monastery of the Incarnation-San Miguel in Huesca, SpainOn March 15, 2023, the Monastery of the Incarnation-San Miguel in Huesca, Spain,  held their triennial elective chapter.The sisters wrote that "the Holy Spirit was clearly present in the communion manifested in the elections. We continue to ask for your prayers so that ... the community may be open to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and faithful to ...Continue Reading

  Elective Chapter of the Monastery of St. Joseph in Palangkaraya, IndonesiaOn March 12, 2023, the Monastery of St. Joseph in the Diocese of Palangkaraya, Indonesia, held its second elective chapter.Upon the request of the bishop of the Diocese of Banjarmasin in 1993, five nuns fom the Flower of Carmel monastery in Batu founded the monastery of St. Joseph. In 1993, when the Diocese of Palangkaraya was established, the monastery became part of the new diocese. The monastery was dedicated on October 7, 2001. The ...Continue Reading

  CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE*PROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*15-01-23  Joao Gabriel Souza Viana (Par) Brazil 15-01-23  João Victor Campos Tomé (Par) BrazilORDINATIO DIACONALIS*17-02-23  Peter Trong Pham (SEL-VN) Saigon, Vietnam 17-02-23  Joseph Tam Nguyen (SEL-VN) Saigon, Vietnam 11-03-23  Eduardo Adolfo, Jr. (Phil) The Philippines*ORDINATIO *SACERDOTALIS*27-12-22  Ebin Mathew (STSA) Kalamassery, Kerala, India 17-02-23  Joseph Long Bui (SEL-VN) Saigon, Vietnam  &nbs ...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 ++     +     + Registration Now Open for Brandsma Conference at Radboud University in OctoberA ...Continue Reading

 Chapter of St. Titus Brandsma Province of the PhilippinesThe members of the St. Titus Brandsma Province of the Philippines held their 4th chapter from March 5-10, 2023 at St. Scholastica’s Spirituality Centre in Tagaytay City, Cavite, Philippines.It was the first open chapter of the province. Present were the prior general of the Order, Míċeál O'Neill and Robert Thomas Puthussery, the General Councilor for Asia-Australia-Oceania, as well as 64 solemnly professed members of the province working in th ...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 ++     +     + Carmelite School for Third Order FormatorsA formation program for those who them ...Continue Reading