left to right/de izquierda a derecha/da sinistra a destra       Joseph Thien Nguyen, Joseph Hung Tran, Francis X. Chinh Nguyen Elections of the Commissariat of St. Joseph of the St. Elias Province in VietnamOn Thursday, November 24, 2022, voting for leadership took place during the second Chapter of the Commissariat of St. Joseph of the St. Elias Province in Vietnam. The Province established houses in Vietnam in 1996, 2001, and 2008. The Commissariat was established du ...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 ++     +     + Prayer for Peace in Ukraine on the Feast of St. JosaphatOn November 12, the prio ...Continue Reading

  Carmelite Order Celebrates World Day of Cloistered LifeNovember 21 | Presentation of MaryFr. Míċeál O’Neill, O. Carm., the prior general, has sent a letter to each enclosed Carmelite monastery in the world on the occasion of the Church’s celebration of World Day of Cloistered Life or Pro Orantibus Day (For Those Who Pray).In the letter, dated November 18, 2022, the prior general says:“By your dedication to God, you adorn and strengthen the Carmelite Order throughout the world and ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 2 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias.  Le invitamos a leer los 2 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 2 articoli qui sotto ++     +     + Letter of Prior General to the Order for World Youth Day 2023The young people of ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Royal ShepherdSolemnity of Christ, King of the Universe*On this last Sunday of the Church’s year we celebrate the Feast of Christ, the King. Today is a day to give thanks to God for all the blessings received during the past year. Most of all, we thank God for the great gift of his son.We celebrate Christ as King of the Universe and look forward to the coming of his kingdom in all its fullness at the end of time.Read more  ....  [*]Celebrating At Home - Feast of Christ, ...Continue Reading

​Three Carmelite nuns in Burgos, Philippines make their profession on October 1, 2022. Tres monjas carmelitas de Burgos (Filipinas) profesan el 1 de octubre de 2022. Tre monache carmelitane di Burgos, nelle Filippine, emettono la professione il 1° ottobre 2022. CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE*INITIUM NOVITIATUS*03-10-22  Israel Muskus Díaz (CAT) Salamanca, España03-10-22  Jonathan José Barrios Kanzler (CAT) Salamanca, España 03-10-22  Yorgan José Montana Martínez ...Continue Reading

Celebration of All Carmelite Saints November 14 | Feast From "De Patientia" of Bl. Baptist of Mantua "I will say something, however, to urge you to desire to see those things that mortal eyes are unable to see. Such desire, by raising the mind from earthly things to heavenly things, causes them, while still remaining earthly and mortal, at least in part to become heavenly. If it is true that where your treasure is, there will also be your heart, if our treasure is in heaven it is necessary that our hea ...Continue Reading

  Sitting/Sentado/Seduto: Wayne Stanhope, Miceal O’Neill, Bruce Clark, Januario Pinto. Standing/De pie/In piedi: Carlito Da Costa Araújo, David Hofman Chapter of the Province of Australia & Timor -LesteThirty-two Carmelites from Australia and Timor-Leste gathered in Melbourne, Australia, this week for the triennial Provincial Chapter meeting. The prior general, Miċeál O'Neill, also participated in the gathering.The Chapter comes at the end of an 18-month consultation process looking ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Not So Soon33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time*Passages of Scripture, like today’s Gospel, can leave us feeling disturbed.Talk of destruction, wars, revolutions, persecution and betrayal by close family members can be quite unsettling.We have to read the Gospel as Luke’s community would have received it, knowing that the Temple and Jerusalem had already been destroyed (ca 70AD) at the end of the Jewish-Roman war, some 10-20 years before Luke’s Gospel was written. In the light of that destruction, and ...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 ++     +     + Zimbabwean Carmelite Sister Joins Vatican CommissionSr. Annah Theresa Nyadombo, ...Continue Reading