Elizabeth of the Trinity and St. PaulOptional Memorial | November 8On November 8 the Carmelite Order celebrates the Memorial of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.Elizabeth had been reading St. Paul more and more from the beginning of 1903, the time of her profession. Her former novice mistress, Sr. Marie of the Trinity, would say that, from that time on, Elizabeth grounded herself in two authors: John of the Cross and St. Paul. With regard to the former, Elizabeth had begun by dipping into John’s works, a ...Continue Reading

Letter to the Order on the Ministry of Carmelite ShrinesThe General Commission for Liturgy and Prayer developed a document on the development of shrines and friaries in our Order. These houses offer a way of building up the church that is different to the work of parishes. With a view to continuing reflection on this question the General Council signed the commission's letter. It is being distributed to the Carmelite Family for further reflection. This is considered a step towards developing this ministry more, one in w ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: A Work in Progress32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time*In this episode from Luke’s Gospel, it is the Sadducees, rather than the Pharisees, who confront Jesus. Like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were a Jewish sect. They rejected much of what the Pharisees believed in, including the possibility of life after death.The rather ridiculous scenario they put to Jesus in today’s Gospel was meant to show how ridiculous belief in resurrection was.Read more  ....[*]Celebrating At Home - 32nd Sunday in Or ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 06-10-22                                Fr. James R. Sidotti (SEL) *Ortus   * 26-04-49 *P. Temp. * 15-06-87 *P. Soll.* 21-10-90 *Ord.* 16-05-92 14-10-22 Fr. Carlos André Bezerra de Lima (Flum) 01-05-90 19-01-14 25-10-19 08-12-20 www ...Continue Reading

  Grants Available for 2023 Titus Brandsma CongressOctober 3-7, 2023 | Radboud University | Nijmegen, NetherlandsThe organization committee of the Titus Brandsma Conference to be held at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands on October 3-7, 2023, is happy to announce that five grants for participation in this conference are available. The grants cover the travel and accommodation costs as well as expenses for lunch, dinner, coffee / tea, and participation in the program of the conference. Grants can ...Continue Reading

100 Year Anniversary of the Publication of Bartolomé Xiberta's *Clavis Ecclesiae* to be Celebrated at the Gregorian UniversityNovember 22 | Gregorian Pontifical University | 3 PMThe Gregorian University in Rome will host a 100 year anniversary celebration of the publication of Carmelite Bartolomé Xiberta's doctoral thesis, Clavis Ecclesiae. The celebration will take place on November 22, beginning at 3PM.Speakers will include Josep M. Manresa Lamarca of the Universidad Abat Oliba CEU/Europa International S ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Making Assumptions31st Sunday of Ordinary Time*It is all too easy to make assumptions about other people which turn out not to be accurate. In the Gospel today, the crowd assumes that Zacchaeus is wicked and sinful, a traitor to his people because he is a tax collector.It might be helpful to note here that in Zacchaeus’ speech about intending to give half of his property to the poor and so on, the verbs are usually translated into future tense, as in the version which appears here. In the ...Continue Reading

  Seminar on Christ Our Perfection: The Christological Spirituality of Fr. Avertan Fenech, O. Carm.Warren Borg Ebejer TOCSOctober 29 | Kunvent Tal-Karmnu, MdinaCarmelite Life revolves entirely around Christ Jesus as the only way to our union with God. The Carmelite Rule actually proposes a project of life through which the Carmelite "walks in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and serves him with a pure heart and a clean conscience" (n. 2). Every spiritual lifestyle claiming to be authentically Christian ...Continue Reading

  Assembly for the Mater Unitatis Federation of Carmelite Nuns Held in ZaragozaFrom October 17 to 22 the Assembly for the Mater Unitatis Federation of Carmelite nuns was held at the Casa de Espiritualidad "Santos Ángeles" of the Hermanas Angélicas in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. The Federation was canonically erected on December 10, 1980 and comprises the enclosed monasteries of Caudete, Fontiveros, Huesca Asuncion, Huesca San Miguel, Madrid, Onteniente, Valencia, and Zaragoza.The resul ...Continue Reading

  *November - Noviembre - Novembre 2022*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 - November 2022[*]Lectio Divina November 2022 [PDF] Download  here[*]Lectio Divina November 2022 [ePub] Download  here[*]Lectio Divina November 2022 [Mobi] Download  here. &nbs ...Continue Reading