Celebrating at Home: Towards a Love Beyond Labels 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time* Pope Francis says society creates “an adjective culture” that prefers to immediately label people as good or bad. Jesus, he says, breaks the mentality that separates, excludes, isolates and belittles the person. A good example of what the pope says is found in the parable in today’s Gospel. The very fact that we know the story as, ‘The Good Samaritan’ seems to imply that he is the exception, that most Samari ...Continue Reading

= Memorial of Bl. Joan ScopelliJuly 9By the second half of the 18th century, religious life had been hollowed out by the continual interference of Catholic monarchs in the Order’s internal affairs. Joachim Smet, in his monumental history of the Order, writes “the frontal attack of the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the liberal governments left only ruins.”Yet this period saw an increasing number of its members being recognized by the Church as “blesseds.” In addition to Jane Scopelli, the 15th century C ...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 + +     +     + Maltese Carmelite Confraternity Celebrates 400 Years On February 13, the Confraternity ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Missionaries of the Kingdom14th Sunday of Ordinary Time*On the road to Jerusalem, Jesus teaches the disciples the meaning of ‘following’ him. Part of that following is the proclamation of the Kingdom - drawing attention to the reign of God in the world and in its peoples.There is a sense of simplicity and urgency as Jesus commissions the seventy-two to spread the Good News of God’s involvement in human life. The Gospel, of course, is about the mission of every disciple of Jesus. &nb ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 13-06-22 P. Eucharius Schule (Ger)                                          *Ortus* 28-09-33     *P. Temp.* 29-09-62       *P. Soll.* 29-09-65      *Ord.* 29-0 ...Continue Reading

  *July - Julio - Luglio 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 - July 2022[*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [PDF] Download  here[*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [Mobi] Download here.     .     .ESPAÑOLLE ...Continue Reading

  Elective Chapter of the Monastery of the Holy Family in Guiguinto, PhilippinesThe Triennial Chapter of the Carmelite community of the Monastery of the Holy Family in Guiguinto, Philippines. The Chapter took place on June 21, 2022 with Bishop Dennis C. Villarojo, the bishop of Malalos as president.The results of the elective chapter were as follows: Capítulo electivo del Monasterio de la Sagrada Familia en Guiguinto, FilipinasEl Capítulo Trienal de la comunidad carmelita del Monasterio de l ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Journey Begins13th Sunday of Ordinary Time*Very often in life we know what the right thing to do is, yet we can find it very difficult to do. There is a sense of that in the Gospel reading for today. The very first lines of today’s Gospel set the tone of what we will read over the next eleven Sundays about the qualities needed by and the costs involved for those who want to follow Jesus.As the Gospel opens, we are told that Jesus ‘resolutely took the road for Jerusalem’. This long jo ...Continue Reading

  Chapter of the North American Province of St. EliasThe 30th Chapter of North American Province of St. Elias was held June 21-24, 2022 en Middletown, New York. During the Chapter the following were elected to leadership: .     .      . Capítulo de la Provincia Norteamericana de San ElíasEl capítulo 30º de la Provincia Norteamericana de San Elías se celebró del 21 al 24 de junio del 2022 en Middletown, New York. Durante el cual fueron e ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: The Real Presence of Jesus in Us The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ* Sunday Today’s feast celebrates the enduring sign of Christ’s presence with us in the Bread and Wine of the Eucharist. It also celebrates Christ’s presence with us in the community of the Church. The Eucharist is our sacrament of communion, not only with Christ and God, but also with all those called into the Christian community. We are called to become the Eucharist that feeds those around us with the nourishment of b ...Continue Reading